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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Military action alone cannot defeat extremism; it must be paired with a credible, alternative political vision.—
Ami Ayalon,
Time,
18 Aug. 2025
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Additionally, deadly waves of violent extremism in places like Nigeria and India are devastating whole communities and going unchecked.—
Miles P. J. Windsor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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OneTaste, by centering women’s pleasure, possessed a sheen of radicalism at a moment when feminism and misogyny seemed to go hand in hand.—
Thessaly La Force,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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Iran’s Shiite clerical regime viewed the Sunni radicalism of al-Qaeda and its hosts, the Taliban, with deep concern.—
Vali Nasr,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Irrationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrationality. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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