If you describe an action, feeling, or belief as illogical, you are critical of it because you think that it does not result from a logical and ordered way of thinking.
[disapproval]
It is illogical to get rid of the very people who have the expertise to carry outthe job.
She may think your reaction is crazy or illogical, but she cannot deny what you arefeeling.
...his completely illogical arguments.
Synonyms: irrational, absurd, unreasonable, meaningless More Synonyms of illogical
illogically (ɪlɒdʒɪkli)adverb
Illogically, I felt guilty.
illogical in British English
(ɪˈlɒdʒɪkəl)
adjective
1.
characterized by lack of logic; senseless or unreasonable
2.
disregarding logical principles
Derived forms
illogicality (ɪˌlɒdʒɪˈkælɪtɪ) or illogicalness (ilˈlogicalness)
noun
illogically (ilˈlogically)
adverb
illogical in American English
(ɪˈlɑdʒɪkəl)
adjective
not logical or reasonable; using, based on, or caused by faulty reasoning
Derived forms
illogicality (ilˌlogiˈcality) (ɪˈlɑdʒɪˈkælɪti)
noun or ilˈlogicalness
illogically (ilˈlogically)
adverb
Word origin
< in-2 + logical
Examples of 'illogical' in a sentence
illogical
He is also having an illogical romance which nearly made me choke on my popcorn.
The Sun (2009)
It should be abolished because it is unfair and illogical.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
That seemed massively illogical to me.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is also illogical, they argue.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
While that helped to sweeten the blow for investors, it seemed illogical.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It seems illogical, particularly since dentists so fervently urge us to use it.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It certainly seems illogical given the labour needs of the British economy at the time.
Bramwell, Anna C Refugees in the Age of Total War (1988)
It was totally illogical, irrational and there was the the smell of blood in the air.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It may seem illogical that he treats his sons differently but people are inconsistent, with different emotional triggers.
The Sun (2010)
An aircraft carrier without aircraft seems illogical, especially when we are continuing to dish out billions in overseas aid.
The Sun (2010)
This is unfair and illogical.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is illogical and unfair.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Similarly the agent in demand can act in ways which seem disinterested or illogical when he is the one that has the top contacts and knows it.
Evans, Andrew The Secrets of Musical Confidence (1994)
A step closer, you discover that it is also illogical.
Christianity Today (2000)
Yet in exercising the court's discretion, his compromise seems illogical.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It's completely illogical, a nonsense.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There is a widespread and illogical feeling that we have a moral duty to horses that we don't have to many other of our fellow mammals.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Seems illogical to me.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
It is also illogical that justice should be rationed: after two unsuccessful reviews, a team can suffer a gross miscarriage without any recourse.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
illogical
British English: illogical ADJECTIVE
If you describe an action, feeling, or belief as illogical, you think that it does not result from a logical and ordered way of thinking.
It is illogical to oppose the repatriation of economic migrants.
American English: illogical
Brazilian Portuguese: ilógico
Chinese: 没有道理的
European Spanish: ilógico
French: illogique
German: unlogisch
Italian: illogico
Japanese: 非論理的な
Korean: 비논리적인
European Portuguese: ilógico
Latin American Spanish: ilógico
(adjective)
Definition
not following logical principles
his completely illogical arguments
Synonyms
irrational
an irrational fear of science
absurd
They go to absurd lengths just to avoid paying a few pounds.
unreasonable
The strikers were being unreasonable in their demands.
meaningless
incorrect
He denied that his evidence was incorrect.
faulty
Their interpretation was faulty.
inconsistent
invalid
Those arguments are rendered invalid by the hard facts.
senseless
acts of senseless violence
spurious
a spurious framework for analysis
inconclusive
unsound
The thinking is muddled and fundamentally unsound.
unscientific
specious
The Duke was not convinced by such specious arguments.
fallacious
Their argument is fallacious.
untenable
He claimed the charges against him were untenable.
sophistical
Opposites
sound
,
correct
,
reasonable
,
scientific
,
consistent
,
valid
,
rational
,
logical
,
coherent
Additional synonyms
in the sense of absurd
Definition
obviously senseless or illogical
They go to absurd lengths just to avoid paying a few pounds.