counterfactual vs irrational

counterfactual

adj
  • Contrary to known or agreed facts; untrue. 

  • Of or in comparison to a hypothetical state of the world. 

noun
  • A conditional statement in which the conditional clause is false. 

  • A claim, hypothesis, or other belief that is contrary to the facts. 

  • A hypothetical state of the world, used to assess the impact of an action. 

irrational

adj
  • Not rational; unfounded or nonsensical. 

  • Of a real number, that cannot be written as the ratio of two integers. 

noun
  • A real number that can not be expressed as the quotient of two integers, an irrational number. 

How often have the words counterfactual and irrational occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )