alogicaladj.n.

Brit.

/eɪˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S.

/eɪˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s alogicall, 1600s– alogical.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix⁶, logical adj.

Etymology: < a- prefix⁶ + logical adj. Compare post-classical Latin alogicus , French alogique , German alogisch (see alogic adj.). Compare alogic adj. and earlier illogical adj.

A. adj.

Contrary or opposed to logic; illogical; not based upon reason or sound judgement. More neutrally: (Philosophy and Psychology) not determined or guarded by logic or rationality; non-logical.Apparently somewhat rare from the early 18th cent. to the late 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adjective]

illogical1588

alogical1603

unlogical1609

undiscursive1633

butt-ended1850

non-logical1899

back to front1916

bass-ackward1930

bass-ackwards1932

ass-backwards1935

scatty1956

backasswards1967

backassward1968

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adjective] > not based on reason

hoflesc1175

unreasonablec1384

fantastica1387

disreasonablec1550

reasonless1556

idle1590

alogical1603

groundless1620

irrational1641

unreasonal1650

adoxal1652

irrationable1657

unreasoning1682

untoward1682

unfaceablea1825

aberrational1837

non-rational1859

irrationalistic1910

a bit hot1925

arational1935

1603 A. Willet Antilogie to Apologicall Epist. Pref. sig. A2^v The businesse (I thanke God) was not great, which I found in the vnfolding of this Alogicall (I should say, Apologicall) Epistle.

1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xviii Foreign Civilians..have uncivily drawn alogical and unreasonable Consequences from it [Fr. tiré à consequence alogicque, c'est à dire desraisonnable].

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 25 Book's frighted them terribly; such as Lilly's Almanack, Gadbury's A-logical Predictions; Poor Robin's Almanack and the like.

1881 G. S. Hall Aspects German Culture 43 There is an immanent teleology in his [sc. Julius Bahnsen's] universe; but it is not merely alogical, but anti-logical, and even anti-causal.

1907 E. B. Bax Roots of Reality 19 In ordinary consciousness..the ultimate elements of a reality or thing are an alogical feeling or sensation, and a logical form or category.

1909 W. James Let. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. 680 I am a-logical, if not illogical, and glad to be so.

1957 P. Lafitte Person in Psychol. xiv. 205 What was described as alogical thinking was quite logical thinking in a different frame of reference.

1998 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 18 Jan. a12 Television imagery is discontinuous and alogical, appealing to emotion and not to intellect.

B. n.

That which is alogical; alogical ideas, concepts, etc.

ΚΠ

1879 tr. E. von Hartmann in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 527 The form of the application of the logical to the alogical is the form of the externalisation of the idea into reality or ‘aim’.

1907 E. B. Bax Roots of Reality 19 Undoubtedly the alogical is..a primary element in all experience.

1908 J. M. Baldwin Thought & Things II. 386 The Logical and the A-logical.

1991 J. H. Miller Victorian Subj. xiv. 252 The alogical is dealt with in two ways by Aristotle, neither of which works as a successful varnishing over.

Derivatives

aˈlogically adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adverb]

unlogically1610

inconsequently1635

illogically1660

bass-ackwardsa1865

alogically1900

bass-ackward1902

backasswards1951

backassward1961

1900 H. J. Berkley Treat. Mental Dis. iii. 385 He accepts alogically his conceptions, withdraws into his shell, and remains anxious.

1907 E. B. Bax Roots of Reality 173 The aim of art..is to express the unity and harmony of experience..in the world of immediate feeling—in a word, alogically.

1995 Film Q. Spring 7/1 Shots of Stan racing up the hotel stairs..to encounter the memory of his wife, appropriately (if alogically) appearing on a television screen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alogical
释义	alogicaladj.n. Brit. /eɪˈlɒdʒᵻkl/, U.S. /eɪˈlɑdʒək(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s alogicall, 1600s– alogical. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: a- prefix⁶, logical adj. Etymology: < a- prefix⁶ + logical adj. Compare post-classical Latin alogicus , French alogique , German alogisch (see alogic adj.). Compare alogic adj. and earlier illogical adj. A. adj. Contrary or opposed to logic; illogical; not based upon reason or sound judgement. More neutrally: (Philosophy and Psychology) not determined or guarded by logic or rationality; non-logical.Apparently somewhat rare from the early 18th cent. to the late 19th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adjective] illogical1588 alogical1603 unlogical1609 undiscursive1633 butt-ended1850 non-logical1899 back to front1916 bass-ackward1930 bass-ackwards1932 ass-backwards1935 scatty1956 backasswards1967 backassward1968 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adjective] > not based on reason hoflesc1175 unreasonablec1384 fantastica1387 disreasonablec1550 reasonless1556 idle1590 alogical1603 groundless1620 irrational1641 unreasonal1650 adoxal1652 irrationable1657 unreasoning1682 untoward1682 unfaceablea1825 aberrational1837 non-rational1859 irrationalistic1910 a bit hot1925 arational1935 1603 A. Willet Antilogie to Apologicall Epist. Pref. sig. A2^v The businesse (I thanke God) was not great, which I found in the vnfolding of this Alogicall (I should say, Apologicall) Epistle. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xviii Foreign Civilians..have uncivily drawn alogical and unreasonable Consequences from it [Fr. tiré à consequence alogicque, c'est à dire desraisonnable]. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 25 Book's frighted them terribly; such as Lilly's Almanack, Gadbury's A-logical Predictions; Poor Robin's Almanack and the like. 1881 G. S. Hall Aspects German Culture 43 There is an immanent teleology in his [sc. Julius Bahnsen's] universe; but it is not merely alogical, but anti-logical, and even anti-causal. 1907 E. B. Bax Roots of Reality 19 In ordinary consciousness..the ultimate elements of a reality or thing are an alogical feeling or sensation, and a logical form or category. 1909 W. James Let. in R. B. Perry Thought & Char. W. James (1935) II. 680 I am a-logical, if not illogical, and glad to be so. 1957 P. Lafitte Person in Psychol. xiv. 205 What was described as alogical thinking was quite logical thinking in a different frame of reference. 1998 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 18 Jan. a12 Television imagery is discontinuous and alogical, appealing to emotion and not to intellect. B. n. That which is alogical; alogical ideas, concepts, etc. ΚΠ 1879 tr. E. von Hartmann in Edinb. Rev. Apr. 527 The form of the application of the logical to the alogical is the form of the externalisation of the idea into reality or ‘aim’. 1907 E. B. Bax Roots of Reality 19 Undoubtedly the alogical is..a primary element in all experience. 1908 J. M. Baldwin Thought & Things II. 386 The Logical and the A-logical. 1991 J. H. Miller Victorian Subj. xiv. 252 The alogical is dealt with in two ways by Aristotle, neither of which works as a successful varnishing over. Derivatives aˈlogically adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > lack of reasoning, illogicality > [adverb] unlogically1610 inconsequently1635 illogically1660 bass-ackwardsa1865 alogically1900 bass-ackward1902 backasswards1951 backassward1961 1900 H. J. Berkley Treat. Mental Dis. iii. 385 He accepts alogically his conceptions, withdraws into his shell, and remains anxious. 1907 E. B. Bax Roots of Reality 173 The aim of art..is to express the unity and harmony of experience..in the world of immediate feeling—in a word, alogically. 1995 Film Q. Spring 7/1 Shots of Stan racing up the hotel stairs..to encounter the memory of his wife, appropriately (if alogically) appearing on a television screen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1603
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