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非合理的勢力

English translation: irrational persuasion

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Japanese term or phrase:非合理的勢力
English translation:irrational persuasion
Entered by: Yo Mizuno

02:43 Nov 2, 2006
Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology
Japanese term or phrase: 非合理的勢力
What is the best translation for this term in the context of this sentence?

この勢力もまた非強制的勢力、強制的勢力、非合理的勢力と区分されるが、ここでは、非強制的勢力と強制的勢力について、簡単に記述することにする。
Yo Mizuno
Japan
Local time: 12:58
irrational persuasion
Explanation:
I'm totally guessing, but 'irrational persuasion' seems to make sense (ahem). There might be a more appropriate 専門用語.

Here's the entire sentence:
Persuasion can be categorized as "unforced," "forced" or "irrational," and the following section provides a brief description of forced and unforced persuasion.
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Troy Fowler
United States
Local time: 20:58
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Summary of answers provided
4Illogical power
Manj
1irrational persuasion
Troy Fowler
1irrational power
Yasu Hosomatsu


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59 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
irrational persuasion


Explanation:
I'm totally guessing, but 'irrational persuasion' seems to make sense (ahem). There might be a more appropriate 専門用語.

Here's the entire sentence:
Persuasion can be categorized as "unforced," "forced" or "irrational," and the following section provides a brief description of forced and unforced persuasion.

Troy Fowler
United States
Local time: 20:58
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
irrational power


Explanation:
強制的勢力とか非強制的勢力は、例えばmanagementの分野ではcoercive power と noncoercive powerとして使われる。でも、irrational powerという表現は、あまり聞いたことがない。したがって自信がない。　ですから、confidence level は”１”です。　Illogicalも考えましたが、、、

Yasu Hosomatsu
Local time: 20:58
Native speaker of: Japanese
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Illogical power


Explanation:
According to me this document is based on the illogical power of a human being . 非合理的 means irrational...which in short or in phsycology terms means illogical.

Manj
Local time: 09:28
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in JapaneseJapanese
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