nonrational

It’s the most universal medium, abstract medium, that is a metaphor for those mystical experiences, because experiences are nonrational, and they’re timeless.

Are these scholars pathologizing or just exploring the nonrational impulses that help explain why some Americans see Mr. Trump as a swindler of working-class people, while others declare him their savior?

“Shattered Glass” dramatizes the disturbingly nonrational basis of belief.

“Multiple dimensions can interact and cause nonrational decisions, where you are given two options and you actually take the lesser one,” Dr. Winter said.

Modern rulers, by contrast, are supposed to be emotionally detached; they work within a network of laws and systems designed to eliminate nonrational considerations like love and hatred.