hyperrational

adjective

hy·​per·​ra·​tio·​nal ˌhī-pər-ˈra-sh(ə-)nəl 

variants or hyper-rational

: extremely rational

Would a secular, hyperrational country facing this same array of threats have acted differently?

—Fareed Zakaria

Work was supposed to be a hyperrational realm of logic, filled with timetables, organizational charts and returns on investment.

—Anne Kreamer

hyperrationality

ˌhī-pər-ˌra-shə-ˈna-lə-tē 

noun

or hyper-rationality

A trained dancer and former computer programmer, Ms. Porter brings considerable physical finesse and a strange kind of hyperrationality to her work.

—Margaret Putnam

Examples of hyperrational in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Through dreamlike painting and photography, artists implicitly challenged the hyperrational structuring of society as a military power. —Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hyperrational

• aspirational
• avocational
• calculational
• combinational
• computational
• conformational
• confrontational
• congregational
• conversational
• correlational
• deformational
• derivational