nonrational

Example Sentences

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It’s the most universal medium, abstract medium, that is a metaphor for those mystical experiences, because experiences are nonrational, and they’re timeless.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 17, 2022

“Shattered Glass” dramatizes the disturbingly nonrational basis of belief.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2017

As we see in the next example, it may be possible to apply the technique of partial fraction decomposition to a nonrational function.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Modern rulers, by contrast, are supposed to be emotionally detached; they work within a network of laws and systems designed to eliminate nonrational considerations like love and hatred.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 29, 2016

From his mother and father the boy learns to trust spontaneity and nonrational ways of knowing.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez