antirational
"antirational" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“antirational” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lacking or (especially) opposed to reason and rational thought.
Corpus desk
Index EN-antirational · antirational · English
antirational · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | antirational |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “antirational” in English
Rare enough to double-check
antirational is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lacking or (especially) opposed to reason and rational thought.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for antirational in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From anti- + rational. The correct English form is antirational, spelled A-N-T-I-R-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Lacking or (especially) opposed to reason and rational thought.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how antirational appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
This view is further illustrated by bringing forward the Catholic doctrines, showing the “antirational notion of them,” and thus exhibiting “the mysterious bearings and incomplete character of the Revelation.”
Rand refused to detach even a seemingly radical rebellion from the social totality in which it emerged. The New Left was as much an outgrowth of the antirational as the culture it had rejected.
Etymology
From anti- + rational.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.