illogic

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Recent Examples of illogic The circular illogic perfectly encapsulates college football. 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 See All Example Sentences for illogic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for illogic
Noun
  • Analysts and former diplomats told CNN that successive British governments have failed to strike the correct balance on China, resulting in a policy characterized by mistrust, skittishness and incoherence.
    Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The Europe section highlights the incoherence of the grand plan.
    Thomas Wright, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The irrationality of politicians suddenly makes sense.
    The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 24 Feb. 2026
  • In such conditions, apparent irrationality can invite probing, hedging or reciprocal escalation.
    Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The latest addition to the genre, AMC’s The Audacity, captures all the absurdities, egos, and jargon of the tech scene as deftly as its predecessors.
    Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
  • In typical 30 Rock fashion, the bit reaches the height of absurdity when someone informs Arthur that some of the tennis balls are meant to be actual tennis balls in the scene.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 5 Mar. 2026

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“Illogic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogic. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.

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