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il·log·i·cal
 illogical
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- pronunciation:
- ih
la
jih
k
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition: |
not logical; contrary to reason or the rules of logic.
- synonyms:
- absurd, fallacious, invalid, irrational, paralogistic, unsound, untenable
- antonyms:
- logical, rational
- similar words:
- contradictory, erroneous, false, fantastic, haphazard, impossible, inconsistent, incorrect, sophistic, specious, unreasonable, untrue, wrong
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| related words: |
disconnected, groundless, impossible, tall |
adverb + (adj.)illogical
completely, highly, inherently, seemingly, sometimes, totally
(adj.)illogical
+ noun
argument, behavior, conclusion, fear, idea, leap, logic, statement, thinking, thought
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| derivations: |
illogically (adv.), illogicality (n.), illogicalness (n.) |
The word illogical
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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