irrationality
pronunciation
How to pronounce irrationality in British English:
UK [ɪˌræʃə'nælətɪ]
How to pronounce irrationality in American English:
US [ɪˌræʃəˈnælɪti]
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- Noun:
- the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding
Word Origin
- irrationality (n.)
- 1560s, from irrational + -ity.
Example
- 1. But our irrationality isn 't all bad .
- 2. You are also responding to concrete manifestations of human irrationality on a global scale .
- 3. Among all these things , it was also a result of a collective will to irrationality .
- 4. Irrationality can be explained rather simply : we 're only human .
- 5. I find this kind of irrationality to be a disease .