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And maybe that seems like an irra-erra" "Tuck searched for the word he wanted.
Brightly Burning Lackey, Mercedes 2000
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Susan had conceived a great (and irra-tional, in Cordelia's view) dislike for Mayor Thorin's regulators.
Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997
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The psyche bore no notion of time, that was a rational response to a basically irra - tional question.
The Ninja Lustbader, Eric 1980
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What we witness in his works is an irra - tionalistic relativism.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas JEAN WAHL 1968
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Also worthy of mention is the irra - tionalism of Charles Péguy and of Georges Sorel.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas JEAN WAHL 1968
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Some observers have used the term, “the new irra - tionalism,” and certainly this marks one, though not all, of the decisive changes that took place.
CRISIS IN HISTORY GERHARD MASUR 1968
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Others regard the irra - tionalism at the turn of the century as a break with the intellectual traditions of the whole European past and see these years as a pivotal period to usher in a new age.
PERIODIZATION IN HISTORY DIETRICH GERHARD 1968
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We shall have to judge to what extent rationalists are right in saying to irra - tionalists that they rise up against reason because they have created a false conception of reason.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas JEAN WAHL 1968
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Beginning with the early twentieth century, a number of scholars insisted upon the irrational character of myth, but not all of them necessarily considered irra - tionality in negative terms.
Dictionary of the History of Ideas MIRCEA ELIADE 1968
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If the other player deviates from his optimal strategy, i.e., behaves “irra - tionally,” the first one can only gain.
GAME THEORY OSKAR MORGENSTERN 1968
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