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61irrational — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unreasonable, insensible; brainless, brutish, reasonless, absurd. See folly. Ant., rational, reasonable. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Illogical] Syn. unreasonable, specious, fallacious, untenable; see …
62irrational — ir*ra tion*al ([i^]r*r[a^]sh [u^]n*al), a. [L. irrationalis: cf. F. irrationnel. See {In } not, and {Rational}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals. [1913 Webster] 2. Not according… …
63Interpersonal attraction — (known as biological attraction in animals) is the attraction between people which leads to friendships and romantic relationships. The study of interpersonal attraction is a major area of study in social psychology. In a colloquial sense,… …
64unreasonable — unreasonableness, n. unreasonably, adv. /un ree zeuh neuh beuhl, reez neuh /, adj. 1. not reasonable or rational; acting at variance with or contrary to reason; not guided by reason or sound judgment; irrational: an unreasonable person. 2. not in …
65non-rational — adjective a) Contrary to reason; lacking an appropriate or sufficient reason; irrational. Indeed, the tirade against information in effect serves to justify the constriction of the area of rationality and scientific approach, in order to find… …
66Trinity, The Holy — A name applied to the Godhead and signifying Three in One and One in Three the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost a doctrine which is held by all branches of the Catholic Church, and by the greater number of the various Christian… …
67Thomas Aquinas — (1225–74) Theologian, Philosopher and Saint. Thomas was born of a noble family in Roccasecca, Italy. He was educated at the famous Benedictine monastery of Monte Cassino and in Naples. Despite family opposition, he joined the Dominican… …
68paralogism — n. Logic 1 a fallacy. 2 illogical reasoning (esp. of which the reasoner is unconscious). Derivatives: paralogist n. paralogize v.intr. (also ise). Etymology: F paralogisme f. LL paralogismus f. Gk paralogismos f. paralogizomai reason falsely f.… …
69Statutes of Kilkenny — The Statutes of Kilkenny were a series of thirty five acts passed at Kilkenny in 1366, aimed at curbing the decline of the Hiberno Norman Lordship of Ireland. Background to the StatutesSince the middle decades of the 13th century, the Hiberno… …
70Medievalism — For the interdisciplinary study of the medieval period, see Medieval studies. The Middle Ages in Romanticism: Pre Raphaelite painting of a knight and a lady (Lamia by John William Waterhouse, 1905). Medievalism is the system of belief and… …
