different between irrational vs schizophrenic

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

English

Etymology

From schizophrenia +? -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sk?ts??f??n?k/
• Rhymes: -?n?k

Adjective

schizophrenic (comparative more schizophrenic, superlative most schizophrenic)

1. Of or relating to schizophrenia.
2. (of a person) Afflicted with schizophrenia; having difficulty with perception of reality.
3. (colloquial, offensive) Behaving as if one has more than one personality; wildly changeable.
   • 2012, Thomas Boylan, Paschal O'Gorman, Hahn and Economic Methodology

     The neoclassical synthesis was a schizophrenic approach to economics – a way of subscribing to both Keynesian and classical analysis.

Usage notes

• The colloquial use of this word (equating the condition with having multiple personalities) is discouraged by some to avoid stigmatization and misunderstanding of the disorder.

Related terms

• schizo
• nonschizophrenic

Translations

Noun

schizophrenic (plural schizophrenics)

1. A person suffering from schizophrenia.

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