| 单词 | illogical |
| 释义 | illogical (once / 3429 pages) adj When there's no good reason or explanation for something, don't fret; chances are it's illogical — meaning that it has no rational explanation behind it. The word logic has origins in the Greek root logos meaning "reason, idea, or word." But slap the prefix il- in front of it, and suddenly the word reverses its meaning. Illogical? Check out other words with the same prefix, like illegitimate and illegal, and you'll quickly see that the prefixil- in front of a word starting in "l" means "not." Suddenly the meaning of illogical isn't quite so illogical after all, is it? WORD FAMILYillogical: illogicality, illogically, illogicalness+/illogic: illogics/illogicality: illogicalities/logic: illogic, logical, logician, logicism, logics, logistician/logical: illogical, logicality, logically, logicalness, unlogical/logician: logicians/logistician: logisticians USAGE EXAMPLESOur illogical, enduring fascination with play remains one of life’s great mysteries. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) The argument against their enshrinement was always too simplistic and naive for my liking, not to mention arbitrary and illogical. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) ‘It was kind of illogical for the state to provide resources to a network of supermarkets.’ Wall Street Journal(Dec 24, 2016) 1adj lacking in correct logical relation Syn|Ant unlogical incoherent without logical or meaningful connection absurdinconsistent with reason or logic or common sense inconsequentialnot following logically as a consequence intuitive, nonrational, visceralobtained through intuition rather than from reasoning or observation irrationalnot consistent with or using reason unreasonablenot reasonable; not showing good judgment logical capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning analytic, analyticalof a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience synthetic, syntheticalof a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts coherent, consistent, logical, orderedmarked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts dianoetic, discursiveproceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition formallogically deductive ratiocinativebased on exact thinking rationalconsistent with or based on or using reason reasonable, sensibleshowing reason or sound judgment 2adj lacking orderly continuity Syn confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, scattered, unconnected incoherent without logical or meaningful connection |
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