superrational

[ soo-per-rash-uh-nl ]

adjective

1. beyond the scope or range of reason; intuitional.
2. extremely rational.

Other Words From

• super·ration·ali·ty noun
• super·ration·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of superrational¹

First recorded in 1675–85; super- + rational

Example Sentences

"People have not gotten a real sense of what Star Trek fandom is really all about," says Leonard Nimoy, who played Mr. Spock, the superrational, pointy- eared Vulcan on the original series.

From Time Magazine Archive

Aldous Huxley suggested that the world resembled a head on its side, with the superrational Old World occupying a different sphere from the vacant, dreamy spaces of the collective subconscious of the West.

From Time Magazine Archive

Strung between the poles of the superrational and the occult, it suffers from disuse and neglect.

From Time Magazine Archive

For humanism makes an inhuman demand upon the will; it minimizes the force of the subrational and it largely ignores the superrational elements in human experience; it does not answer enough questions.

From Project Gutenberg

The religious man is superrational and nobly imaginative as he emphasizes the difference between man and nature.

From Project Gutenberg