anti-rational
adjective
(alsoantirational)uk/ˌæn.tiˈræʃ.ən.əl/us/ˌæn.taɪˈræʃ.ən.əl/opposedto theideasofrationalism(= thebelieforprinciplethatactionsandopinionsshould bebasedonreasonratherthanemotionorreligion):
The Dadaists were an anti-art, anti-rationalmovementof the early 20thcentury.
Synonym
anti-rationalist
- Somelibertarianshave ahostilitytowardsreligion, which theyseeas anti-rational.
- Shestov was an antirational and anti-moralphilosophicalthinker.
- Somegroupsappearedto be anti-industrial, anti-institutional,evenantirational.
- Hesharedtheunfetteredcreativityand antirationalstanceof the Surrealists.
Philosophy
- aesthete
- aesthetic
- aesthetically
- anthropocentric
- anthropocentrism
- essentialism
- existential
- existentialism
- existentialist
- expressionism
- notional
- ontological
- ontology
- Parkinson's law
- phenomenologist
- superorganic
- syllogism
- syllogistic
- symbolism
- tabula rasa
Compare
irrational
rational