irrationalisticadj.
/ɪraʃənəˈlɪstɪk/ Characterized by irrationalism; contrary to reason; illogical.
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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
1910 W. James Mem. & Stud. (1911) xv. 400 I spoke a while ago of its being an ‘irrationalistic’ philosophy in its latest phase.
1912 Q. Rev. Oct. 364 This brings us to the fundamental difference between the standpoints of history and science, which the theology called ‘irrationalistic’ appears to have overlooked.
1920 A. S. Pringle-Pattison Idea of God (ed. 2) 64 I have dwelt in the latter part of this lecture on the tendency to slip into an anti-intellectualistic, and even irrationalistic, mode of statement in expressing the principle of value.
1934 A. C. Ewing Idealism v. 250 The irrationalistic and excessively pluralistic tendencies of the present day.
1963 R. Wellek in N. Frye Romanticism Reconsidered 121 He singles out the most irrationalistic writers.
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