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irrational

English

Etymology

From Latin irrati?n?lis, from ir- + rati?n?lis.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: ?r?'sh(?)n?l, IPA(key): /???æ?.(?.)n?l/

Adjective

irrational (comparative more irrational, superlative most irrational)

  1. Not rational; unfounded or nonsensical.
    • July 18, 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
      Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.
  2. (mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.
    Antonym: rational
    Hyponym: transcendental

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

irrational (plural irrationals)

  1. A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.
    • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.24:
      The square root of 2, which was the first irrational to be discovered, was known to the early Pythagoreans, and ingenious methods of approximating to its value were discovered.

Translations


German

Alternative forms

  • irrationell

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???at?si?ona?l/, /??at?si?o?na?l/

Adjective

irrational (comparative irrationaler, superlative am irrationalsten)

  1. irrational

Declension

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obsession

English

Etymology

From Latin obsessio (a besieging), from obsidere (to besiege); see obsess.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /?b?s???n/
  • Rhymes: -???n

Noun

obsession (countable and uncountable, plural obsessions)

  1. A compulsive or irrational preoccupation.
  2. An unhealthy fixation.
  3. Influence or control by evil spirits without possession.
    • 1973, Jessie Penn-Lewis, Evan Roberts, War on the Saints, ?ISBN.
      if an evil spirit counterfeits the presence of God, and comes upon the man as an influence only, it may be described as obsession; but when a footing is gained in him, it is "possession," because the obsessing spirits have gained access, and possess the ground they hold, up to the extent of the ground given.
    • 1999, Mary E. McDonough, God's Plan of Redemption, page 85, ?ISBN.
      They should see that a perception of their identification with the Victor of Calvary is absolutely necessary if they are to constantly and victoriously resist the obsession of evil spirits.
    • 2007, James E. Padgett, The Teachings of Jesus, page 100, ?ISBN.
      It is true, that by the workings of the law of attraction, and the susceptibility of mortals to the influence of spirit powers, mortals may become obsessed by the spirits of evil—that is evil spirits of men who once lived on earth—and this obsession may become so complete and powerful that the living mortal may lose all power to resist this influence of the evil spirits...

Related terms

  • obsess
  • obsessed
  • obsessional
  • obsessive, obsessively

Translations

Further reading

  • obsession in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • obsession in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • bosonises

French

Etymology

From Latin obsessio (a besieging), from obsidere (to besiege); see obsess.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p.s?.sj??/

Noun

obsession f (plural obsessions)

  1. obsession

Related terms

  • obsédant
  • obsédé
  • obséder
  • obsessif

Further reading

  • “obsession” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

  • ébossions, obéissons

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