Arational

//eɪˈɹaʃ(ə)nəl// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not within the domain of what can be understood or analyzed by reason; not rational, outside the competence of the rules of reason.

    "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."

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From a- + rational.

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