illogicality

Example Sentences

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By the end of the show, the queen, Morgan said, “is wrestling with the illogicality of the system” that required such duty of her.

From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2023

“I think everything comes down to social media really, and social media promotes emotional illogicality in all its forms: racism, prejudice and of course nationalism.”

From The Guardian • Oct. 21, 2018

And yet, this accusation of illogicality is only applied to AAVE, and never to other languages with negative concord.

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2018

But the articles kick-started pressure to reform, so the age of consent was raised, while, with a certain illogicality, the minimum age of marriage for girls remained 12 until 1929.

From BBC • Nov. 16, 2012

What overset him was the crude illogicality of the new decree, and the shameless tacit admission of previous insincerity.

From Clayhanger by Bennett, Arnold