"illogical" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more illogical [comparative], most illogical [superlative]
Etymology: From il- + logical. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|in-|logical|alt1=il-}} il- + logical Head templates: {{en-adj}} illogical (comparative more illogical, superlative most illogical)
  1. Contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning. Synonyms: absurd, irrational, unreasoning, unsound Derived forms: illogicality, illogically, illogicalness Related terms: illogic Translations (contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning): անտրամաբանական (antramabanakan) (Armenian), məntiqsiz (Azerbaijani), il·lògic (Catalan), 不合邏輯 (Chinese Mandarin), 不合逻辑 (bùhé luójí) (Chinese Mandarin), 悖理 (bèilǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 荒謬 (Chinese Mandarin), 荒谬 (huāngmiù) (Chinese Mandarin), 乖戾 (guāilì) (Chinese Mandarin), nelogický (Czech), onlogisch (Dutch), nelogika (Esperanto), epälooginen (Finnish), illogique (French), ilóxico (Galician), unlogisch (German), άλογος (álogos) (Greek), חסר היגיון (khasár higayón) [masculine] (Hebrew), illogico (Italian), 支離滅裂な (shirimetsuretsu na) (Japanese), 非論理的な (hi ronriteki na) (Japanese), логикасыз (logikasyz) (Kazakh), 동우각마 (dong'ugangma) (Korean), meeresoonagh (Manx), neuresoonagh (Manx), onveninftich (Plautdietsch), nielogiczny (Polish), ilógico (Portuguese), antilógico (Portuguese), ilogic (Romanian), nelogic (Romanian), нелоги́чный (nelogíčnyj) (Russian), ilógico (Spanish), ologisk (Swedish), ไร้เหตุผล (Rị̂ h̄etup̄hl) (Thai), mantıksız (Turkish)

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      "sense": "contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning",
      "word": "nelogika"
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      "sense": "contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning",
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      "sense": "contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning",
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      "sense": "contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning",
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      "word": "支離滅裂な"
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      "word": "非論理的な"
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      "roman": "dong'ugangma",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning",
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      "word": "ไร้เหตุผล"
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      "sense": "contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning",
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