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Recent Examples of illogic
How responsible a mother can be for her son’s actions remains an open question, but the contortions of her denial, with its euphemisms and its illogic, are closely and relentlessly examined, as is her inability to speak or act to stop him.
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Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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
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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Katie Kitamura, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
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
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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Audiences can read coherence or incoherence, confidence or hesitation.—
Chiara Alzati,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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That mistranslation is most visible in its tonal incoherence.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Moreover, experts should introduce deliberate irrationality to disrupt the model’s predictive path.—
Syed Ahmad,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Viral memes and TikTok trends play up women’s purportedly excessive spike in libido during ovulation and dramatic irrationality during menstruation and the luteal phase (the 14 days or so between ovulation and menstruation).—
Andréa Becker,
The Atlantic,
3 May 2026
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This is a racist absurdity in addition to being an impossible read of the Constitution, which is perhaps why the Roberts Court has buried it under so many layers of obfuscation.—
Adam Serwer,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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Often, that makes for a hilarious juxtaposition with the work of the show’s production designer Sharon Lomofsky, who brilliantly captures the absurdity of certain vacation destinations like a barbecue restaurant a stone’s throw from the remote Upstate New York hotel the characters are staying at.—
Marcus Jones,
IndieWire,
3 June 2026
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“Illogic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/illogic. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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