as in unreasonableness
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Recent Examples of irrationality
This irrationality, which is especially difficult to model, often boils down to computational constraints.
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John Werner, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
John Werner, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irrationality
Noun
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Johnston smartly pointed to the 1941 Senate investigations into anti-Nazi movies where Hollywood adequately defended their industry against claims of extremism and warmongering.—
Chris Yogerst,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Oct. 2025
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However, kinetic resources alone cannot mitigate migration, curb extremism, or stabilize deadly conflicts.—
Patrick Quirk,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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The credits cite as inspiration Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland, a tale concerned with the entropy of 1960s radicalism.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
18 Sep. 2025
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Both One Battle After Another and Vineland concern the ebb and flow of radicalism in America, bursts of activity followed by years of dangerous and disillusioning fallout.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Sep. 2025
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“Irrationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrationality. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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