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unreason

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un⋅rea⋅son

  [uhn-ree-zuhn]
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–noun
1. inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
2. lack of reason or sanity; madness; confusion; disorder; chaos: a world torn by unreason.
–verb (used with object)
3. to upset or disrupt the reason or sanity of: The devious plot soon unreasoned the general.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME un-reson. See un- 1 , reason
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un·rea·son   (ŭn-rē'zən)   
n.  

  1. Absence or lack of reason; irrationality.

  2. Nonsense; absurdity.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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