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/ɪˌræʃəˈnæləti/ · ir·ra·tion·al·i·ty
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- The quality or state of being irrational; lack of reason or logical consistency. The scientist noted the irrationality of the hypothesis, which ignored basic physical laws.
- Something that is irrational or results from irrational action, judgment, idea, or thought. His sudden purchase of the lottery ticket was an act of pure irrationality.
- The property of being irrational, especially in mathematics, referring to numbers that cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers. Pi's irrationality makes it impossible to write it exactly as a fraction.
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Did you know? The term 'irrationality' gained prominence in psychology after Daniel Kahneman's work on cognitive biases, highlighting systematic deviations from rational decision‑making.