Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

irrationalist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: ir-ra-tional-ist
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A practitioner or adherent of irrationalism.

noun

One who is irrational in their beliefs or ideas.

Etymology

Etymology tree English irrational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English irrationalist From irrational + -ist.

Inflected Forms

irrationalists (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

irrationalism irrationalistic

Questions

What does irrationalist mean?: A practitioner or adherent of irrationalism.
Where does irrationalist come from?: Etymology tree English irrational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English irrationalist From irrational + -ist.

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