non-rational adjective4 •Contrary to reason; lacking an appropriate or sufficient reason; irrational. •Not based on one's own interests; inconsistent with utility maximization. •Not within the domain of what can be understood or analyzed by reason; outside the competence of the rules of reason.In the total artistic process the two phases—rational and non-rational, planful and inspirational—may be successive or simultaneous. — 1959 •Lacking the ability to reason.But what of non-rational beings—the animal or infant-man of attuition? — 1898