eristic

adjective

variants also eristical
Definition of eristicnext
as in sophistical

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  1. irrational
  2. specious
  3. illogical
  4. unreasonable
  5. fallacious
Adjective
  • The lines — in banana yellows, tangerine oranges, cranberry reds — twist and turn and suggest an irrational understanding of how the universe works.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 16 Dec. 2024
  • To prevent yourself from imposing irrational penalties, set up house rules that outline logical consequences in advance.
    Leslie Garisto Pfaff, Parents, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of irrational
Adjective
  • These days, those sorts of proclamations tend to feel more specious than ever.
    Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Media lawyers now fear that Trump will ramp up the deployment of subpoenas, specious lawsuits, court orders, and search warrants to seize reporters’ notes, devices, and source materials.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of specious
Adjective
  • Curiosity In The Billable Hour World In a world where every minute counts, taking what may feel like the long way around can seem illogical.
    Hunter McMahon, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
  • This is a holiday movie, so Avery and Logan decide to handle this situation in the most illogical way possible.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of illogical
Adjective
  • Left in the dust ‘Cruise’ driverless robot taxis are seen at a parking lot as California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) revokes its self-driving car permit and citing ‘unreasonable risk to public safety’ in San Francisco, California, USA on October 24, 2023.
    Kristian Burt, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
  • To determine whether those amounts posed an unreasonable risk of harm, the agency compared them to a specific benchmark — the highest concentration of formaldehyde measured by government monitors in outdoor air between 2015 and 2020.
    Sharon Lerner and Al Shaw, CNN, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of unreasonable
Adjective
  • But hard evidence in both our nation’s history and our present shows that this reasoning is fallacious.
    Ana Raquel Minian, TIME, 30 May 2024
  • And why not seek the truth, to give order and organization to a chaotic and fallacious narrative and investigative material?
    Boris Sollazzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Feb. 2024
Definition of fallacious
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