irrational

Adjective complement with noun phrase

Modifies a noun

• exuberance: First, it has marked the end of irrational exuberance in high tech stocks.
• hatred: You are letting your irrational hatred of religion show itself too crudely here.
• fear: A whole host of irrational fears raise their ugly heads.
• outburst: Luddite demonstrations were not irrational outbursts as has often been assumed.
• superstition: He saw that the best education - for people still went to finish their education in Athens - was no protection against irrational superstition.
• dislike: He was one of those people to whom I took an instant and irrational dislike.

Modifying Another Word

• seemingly: He said the act was " replete with seemingly irrational distinctions " .
• fundamentally: Rational debate seems to be your reason, but on some topics you start from fundamentally irrational positions.
• wholly: Stock market volatility is therefore of serious concern as investors, faced with financial turbulence, may behave in wholly irrational ways.
• apparently: What then could have been his motive for his apparently irrational antics?
• totally: The most common comment from people who have panic attacks is ' It's totally irrational ' , which is quite right.

Infinitive complement

• feel: Nonetheless, if we do not survive, is it irrational to feel dismay at that prospect?
• believe: It is irrational to believe that imaginary entities are real.

Used with adjective complement

• appear: People under stress can be irritable, withdrawn, appear irrational, aggressive or even violent.
• seem: God could not have intended Nature or His Holy Word to seem irrational.
• become: This is a case where the agent becomes irrational.
• consider: If we do this on the basis of capacities, particularly rationality, where does this leave humans who might be considered irrational?

Preposition: in

• sense: Emotions are not irrational in the sense of preventing optimal functioning; on the contrary, they serve important functions in everyday life.