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unreasoning

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un⋅rea⋅son⋅ing

[uhn-ree-zuh-ning]
–adjective
not reasoning or exercising reason; reasonless; thoughtless; irrational: an unreasoning fanatic.

Origin:
1745–55; un- 1 + reasoning


un⋅rea⋅son⋅ing⋅ly, adverb

un⋅rea⋅son

[uhn-ree-zuhn]
–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·ing   (ŭn-rē'zə-nĭng)   
adj.  Not governed or moderated by reason.
un·rea'son·ing·ly adv.
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