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non-ˈrational, a.
[non- 3.]
Not rational. Also absol. as n. Hence non-ratioˈnality.
a1871G. Grote Eth. Fragm. (1876) v. 183 Aristotle classifies the phenomena of..the non-rational soul into three. 1896W. Caldwell Schopenhauer's System i. 16 His experience of life was such as to bring the non-rational side of things prominently before his mind. 1902W. James Var. Relig. Exper. iii. 74, I do not yet say that it is better that the subconscious and non-rational should thus hold primacy in the religious realm. a1910― Some Probl. Philos. (1911) viii. 136 The only alternative allowed by monistic writers is to confess the world's non-rationality—and no philosopher can permit himself to do that. 1951R. Firth Elements of Social Organization vii. 245 The possibilities of intellectual and emotional satisfaction to be derived from religious belief are increased by the resort of that belief to non-rationality. 1957J. S. Huxley Relig. without Revelation iii. 52 Mythical thought, which is basically non-rational. 1972Listener 21 Dec. 854/2 Reliance on the non-rational means that courses of action are followed without regard for their long-term consequences. |