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Irrational vs Caniphobia - What's the difference?

irrational | caniphobia |

As nouns the difference between irrational and caniphobia

is that irrational is a real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number while caniphobia is an irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines; cynophobia.

As an adjective irrational

is not rational; unfounded or nonsensical.

irrational

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not rational; unfounded or nonsensical.
    • an irrational decision
  • * July 18 2012 , Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises [http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/]
    • Where the Joker preys on our fears of random, irrational acts of terror, Bane has an all-consuming, dictatorial agenda that’s more stable and permanent, a New World Order that’s been planned out with the precision of a military coup.
  • (mathematics, arithmetic, number theory, not comparable) Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers.
    • The number π is irrational .

    Antonyms

    * (mathematics) rational

    Hyponyms

    * (mathematics) transcendental

    Derived terms

    * irrational number * irrationality * irrationalize * irrationalization

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number.
  • * 1946 , (Bertrand Russell), History of Western Philosophy , I.24:
    • The square root of 2, which was the first irrational to be discovered, was known to the early Pythagoreans, and ingenious methods of approximating to its value were discovered.

    caniphobia

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines; cynophobia.
  • * 1887 , The Boston Medical and Surgical Journal , p. 163.
    • The dog scare seems to occupy a large share of public attention just at present, and many are suffering from a very mild form of—shall it be styled "lyssaphobia"? or perhaps the mongrel expression "caniphobia " would fit better.
  • * 1957 , Eric Frank Russell, "Into Your Tent I'll Creep", Analog Science Fact, Science Fiction , Volume 60, pg. 63
    • "I can invent a word for your mental condition," said Haraka. "You're suffering from caniphobia ."