irrational motive

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   a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic

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Questions about irrational motive

What does irrational motive mean?

irrational motive means "a motivation that is inconsistent with reason or logic".

Is irrational motive a common word?

irrational motive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.