adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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adj
Meaning 1
Contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I received an illogical reply and that left me standing there feeling confused.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English il- English logical English illogical From il- + logical.
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
անտրամաբանական
(antramabanakan)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Azerbaijani:
məntiqsiz
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Catalan:
il·lògic
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Chinese Mandarin:
不合邏輯 /不合逻辑
(bùhé luójí)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Chinese Mandarin:
悖理
(bèilǐ)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Chinese Mandarin:
荒謬 /荒谬
(huāngmiù)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Chinese Mandarin:
乖戾
(guāilì)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Czech:
nelogický
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Dutch:
onlogisch
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Esperanto:
nelogika
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Finnish:
epälooginen
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
French:
illogique
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Galician:
ilóxico
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
German:
unlogisch
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Greek:
άλογος
(álogos)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Ancient Greek:
ἄλογος
(álogos)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Hebrew:
חסר היגיון
(khasár higayón)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Hungarian:
észszerűtlen
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Hungarian:
logikátlan
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Italian:
illogico
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Japanese:
支離滅裂な
(shirimetsuretsu na)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Japanese:
非論理的な
(hi ronriteki na)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Kazakh:
логикасыз
(logikasyz)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Korean:
동우각마
(dong'ugangma)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Lithuanian:
nelogiškas
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Manx:
meeresoonagh
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Manx:
neuresoonagh
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Norwegian Bokmål:
ulogisk
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Plautdietsch:
onveninftich
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Polish:
nielogiczny
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Portuguese:
ilógico
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Portuguese:
antilógico
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Romanian:
ilogic
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Romanian:
nelogic
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Russian:
нелоги́чный
(nelogíčnyj)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Spanish:
ilógico
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Swedish:
ologisk
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Thai:
ไร้เหตุผล
(Rị̂ h̄etup̄hl)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Turkish:
mantıksız
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Ukrainian:
нелогі́чний
(nelohíčnyj)
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning
Vietnamese:
phi lôgic
— contrary to logic; lacking sense or sound reasoning