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Recent Examples of illogic
The circular illogic perfectly encapsulates college football.
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
The illogic of dreams is not a riddle to be solved but a noise that can reveal the meaningful signal.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Yet Evbo’s tale pursues this fascinating illogic of the parkour universe to even greater extremes.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
Should the dialogue in Istanbul unravel -- and even from the perspective of someone who advocates engagement, that seems inevitable -- Washington will have to consider seriously addressing the underlying illogic of its approach to Tehran.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2012
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Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2025
The illogic of dreams is not a riddle to be solved but a noise that can reveal the meaningful signal.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Yet Evbo’s tale pursues this fascinating illogic of the parkour universe to even greater extremes.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
Should the dialogue in Istanbul unravel -- and even from the perspective of someone who advocates engagement, that seems inevitable -- Washington will have to consider seriously addressing the underlying illogic of its approach to Tehran.
—Suzanne Maloney, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for illogic
Noun
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This kind of incoherence doesn’t just confuse the public.—
Dr. Craig Spencer,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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The European Union’s failure to shape global geopolitical outcomes stems from its own foreign policy incoherence, including a historic overreliance on the United States and an inability to develop a consistent strategy for dealing with Russia, its key adversary.—
VERONICA ANGHEL,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When prompt instructions encouraged models to maximize rewards or hit specific financial goals, irrationality increased.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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This irrationality, which is especially difficult to model, often boils down to computational constraints.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Alps is really about the absurdity of acting in general, and perhaps the specific psychological burden of the Method in particular.—
A.A. Dowd,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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The costumes point out the absurdity of bringing National Guard troops into cities, Faith Gill said.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Illogic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogic. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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