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irrationality

[ih-rash-uh-nal-i-tee] / ɪˌræʃ əˈnæl ɪ ti /


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Bennett argued presciently that by kowtowing to radicals, “a great university was brought low by the very forces which modern universities came into being to oppose: ignorance, irrationality and intimidation.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

JPMorgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon said some of the money invested in AI would "probably be lost", while Google parent company Alphabet's chief executive Sundar Pichai said there was some "irrationality" in the AI boom.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

But Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino said Sunday that "there is no justification whatsoever for the barbarity committed," calling it "an unforgivable act of irrationality."

From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025

It’s simply a matter of taking advantage of structural market irrationality.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 26, 2025

Truly effective nuclear bluffing, however, includes occasional postures of irrationality, a distancing from the horrors of nuclear war.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan