unreasoning
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noun
1.
inability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality.
verb (used with object)
3.
to upset or disrupt the reason or sanity of: The devious plot soon unreasoned the general.
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World English Dictionary
unreason (ʌnˈriːzən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | irrationality or madness |
| 2. | something that lacks or is contrary to reason |
| 3. | lack of order; chaos |
| —vb | |
| 4. | (tr) to deprive of reason |
| unreasoning (ʌnˈriːzənɪŋ) | |
| —adj | |
| not controlled by reason; irrational | |
| un'reasoningly | |
| —adv | |
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Example sentences
But unreasoning hostility is as inimical to understanding as blind deference.
Nevertheless, many of us continue to be concerned about the unreasoning viewpoint discrimination in science.
His terror of spiders was phobic--overwhelming and unreasoning--and it outlasted his fear of the darkness by several decades.
When your laptop goes missing, your first reaction may be blind, unreasoning panic.
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