irrationality

Example Sentences

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Options remain the best way to monetize investor irrationality and emotional dysregulation.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

It’s simply a matter of taking advantage of structural market irrationality.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025

Through the animal’s point of view, De Los Santos Arias considers the enduring grip of colonialism and the consequences of human irrationality.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

The logic is closer to game theory than pure irrationality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

I sometimes wonder how much irrationality in the world has been excused by the nonsensical saying “Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds,” a corruption of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s remark about “a foolish consistency.”

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker