"irrationality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: irrationalities [plural]
Rhymes: -ælɪti Etymology: irrational + -ity Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|irrational|ity}} irrational + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} irrationality (countable and uncountable, plural irrationalities)
  1. The quality or state of being irrational; want of the faculty or the quality of reason; fatuity. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (want of reason): ἀλογία (alogía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), неразумност (nerazumnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), безразсъдство (bezrazsǎdstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 不合理 (bùhélǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), onredelijkheid (Dutch), järjettömyys (Finnish), irrationalité (French), irracionalidade [feminine] (Galician), Unvernunft (German), Irrationalität [feminine] (German), irrazionalità (Italian), irragionevolezza (Italian), 不合理 (fugōri) (Japanese), 無理 (muri) (Japanese), 筋違い (sujichigai) (Japanese), иррационалдық (irrasionaldyq) (Kazakh), bezrozum [masculine] (Polish), bezrozumność [feminine] (Polish), irracionalidade (Portuguese), irracionalidad (Spanish), irrationalitet [common-gender] (Swedish), kaatbangan (Tagalog)
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  2. Something which is irrational or brought forth by irrational action, judgement, idea or thought. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-irrationality-en-noun-79UCE1hs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 42 7
  3. (mathematics) The property of being irrational. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-irrationality-en-noun-vJjyp8jE Topics: mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: unreason

Inflected forms

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