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illogicality

[ih-loj-i-kal-i-tee] / ɪˌlɒdʒ ɪˈkæl ɪ ti /


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By the end of the show, the queen, Morgan said, “is wrestling with the illogicality of the system” that required such duty of her.

From New York Times Dec. 12, 2023

And yet, this accusation of illogicality is only applied to AAVE, and never to other languages with negative concord.

From Slate Jul. 20, 2018

But the articles kick-started pressure to reform, so the age of consent was raised, while, with a certain illogicality, the minimum age of marriage for girls remained 12 until 1929.

From BBC Nov. 16, 2012

I argued a couple of weeks ago that there is a profound illogicality at the heart of this policy.

From Time Apr. 23, 2011

It would make a fine farce, illustrating our illogicality.

From All Things Considered by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

I also wonder whether the Budget will try to tidy up the illogicalities of the system, or simply be about raising as much as possible?

From BBC Oct. 2, 2024

He wrote: “The prophecy may be hazarded that we shall conform in time, one word in -re after another changing to -er; but we prefer in England to break with our illogicalities slowly.”

From Washington Post Oct. 15, 2019

It is not altogether afraid of ostensible illogicalities.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2014

The creation of a baby is full of paradoxes and illogicalities.

From Time Magazine Archive

Atheism has nothing to do with final causes, and therefore is not concerned with defending its illogicalities.

From Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative by Chapman Cohen




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