arational
/eɪˈɹaʃ(ə)nəl/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not within the domain of what can be understood or analyzed by reason; not rational, outside the competence of the rules of reason.
Example Sentences
- "If the end-product of a man's philosophizing about the nature of the cosmos is the ultimate, arational matter, this will affect his moral opinion of the cosmos."
- "Scientific knowledge is conceptual, rational, and testable. Mystical knowledge is usually aconceptual, arational, and does not lend itself to interpersonal testing."
- "Regarded with the objectivity of hindsight, the illusion appears arational, almost fantastic: it would be like being able both to lie and to trust other people at the same time."
- "On the first view, emotions are purely biological phenomena. . . . They are arational and amoral, like other natural bodily functions."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English rational English arational From a- + rational.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /eɪˈɹaʃ(ə)nəl/
Inflected Forms
more arational (comparative)
most arational (superlative)