nonrational

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /nɑnˈræʃənəl/ UK /nɒnˈræʃənəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
not based on or governed by reason

Faith, he argued, belongs to a nonrational realm of experience.

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Synonyms

1 adj · not based on or governed by... irrational intuitive instinctive emotionalarational

Opposites

rational logical reasoned

Word family

Related forms rational reason ratio

Etymology

From non- ('not') + rational, from Latin rationalis, from ratio ('reason, calculation'), from reri ('to reckon, think').

non Latin ratio Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# nonrational

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /nɑnˈræʃənəl/
**IPA (UK):** /nɒnˈræʃənəl/

## Meanings
1. not based on or governed by reason

## Examples
- Faith, he argued, belongs to a nonrational realm of experience.

## Synonyms
- irrational
- intuitive
- instinctive
- emotional
- arational

## Antonyms
- rational
- logical
- reasoned

## Related Forms
- rational
- reason
- ratio

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: non
- Root: ratio

## Etymology
From non- ('not') + rational, from Latin rationalis, from ratio ('reason, calculation'), from reri ('to reckon, think').

## AI Etymology
Nonrational is from non- ('not') + rational, from Latin rationalis, from ratio ('reason, calculation'), from reri ('to reckon, think'). Important recorded forms include non (Latin) and ratio (Latin). Morphologically, the non- element marks negation or exclusion while the base supplies the domain being denied. The modern sense is largely compositional: the word names the absence, exclusion, or opposite of the base idea. In current use it covers not based on or governed by reason. The wider family includes related words such as rational, reason, and ratio.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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