arationaladj.n.

/eɪˈraʃənəl/

Etymology: < a- prefix⁶ + rational adj.

That does not purport to be rational; not governed by the laws of reason, non-rational. Also elliptical as n.

ΘΚΠ

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

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [noun] > irrational thing, action, etc.

irrationalitya1680

unreason1824

non-rational1893

arational1972

1935 Mind 44 265 Absolute justice though a necessary concept, is indefinable: it is an ‘a-rational ideal’, and thus beyond the scope of science which is reason applied to facts of experience.

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists May 193/2 The gradual transition of humanity from this ‘arational’ behavior to the more ‘rational’ of our times.

1970 E. de Bono Use of Lateral Thinking xx. 226 PO may be used to produce arrangements of information that are unreasonable but they are not really unreasonable because lateral thinking functions in a different way from vertical thinking. Lateral thinking is not irrational but arational.

1972 Science 16 June 1209/3 The irrational, or, better yet, the arational, will not disappear from the human situation.

1982 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Apr. 465/5 There is an equally obvious mystique: a set of arational (but not necessarily irrational) attitudes that are inculcated by gossip and habit and movies.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	arational
释义	arationaladj.n. /eɪˈraʃənəl/ Etymology: < a- prefix⁶ + rational adj. That does not purport to be rational; not governed by the laws of reason, non-rational. Also elliptical as n. ΘΚΠ 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 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [noun] > irrational thing, action, etc. irrationalitya1680 unreason1824 non-rational1893 arational1972 1935 Mind 44 265 Absolute justice though a necessary concept, is indefinable: it is an ‘a-rational ideal’, and thus beyond the scope of science which is reason applied to facts of experience. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists May 193/2 The gradual transition of humanity from this ‘arational’ behavior to the more ‘rational’ of our times. 1970 E. de Bono Use of Lateral Thinking xx. 226 PO may be used to produce arrangements of information that are unreasonable but they are not really unreasonable because lateral thinking functions in a different way from vertical thinking. Lateral thinking is not irrational but arational. 1972 Science 16 June 1209/3 The irrational, or, better yet, the arational, will not disappear from the human situation. 1982 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Apr. 465/5 There is an equally obvious mystique: a set of arational (but not necessarily irrational) attitudes that are inculcated by gossip and habit and movies. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.n.1935
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