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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.

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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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