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Definition of Irrational

Irrational Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals. Not according to reason; absurd; foolish. Not capable of being exactly expressed by an integral number, or by a vulgar fraction; surd; -- said especially of roots. See Surd. Related Definitions: Absurd, According, An, Are, As, Being, By, Capable, Especially, Exactly, Expressed, Foolish, Fraction, Integral, Irrational, Not, Number, Of, Or, Rational, Reason, Said, See, Surd, To, Understanding, Void, Vulgar

Irrational Quotations The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape. George Santayana Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion. Scott Adams When I was old enough to realize all meat was killed, I saw it as an irrational way of using our power, to take a weaker thing and mutilate it. It was like the way bullies would take control of younger kids in the schoolyard. River Phoenix Having a child is surely the most beautifully irrational act that two people in love can commit. Bill Cosby Since all life is futility, then the decision to exist must be the most irrational of all. Emile M. Cioran

Irrational Translations irrational in German is irrational irrational in Latin is insensatus irrational in Norwegian is fornuftsstridig, irrasjonell irrational in Spanish is irracional

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