unreasoning
Americanadjective
adjective
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- unreasoningly adverb
Etymology
Origin of unreasoning
Example Sentences
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Using the strangely beautiful landscape of the New South Wales coast, they create an ambience that reflects Alice’s childlike, wavering apprehension of the unreasoning violence that regularly bursts into her life.
From New York Times
The chapter characterizes non-believers as “handicapped by obstinacy, sensitiveness, and unreasoning prejudice.”
From Seattle Times
Hatred and fear are the foundation of “unreasoning fury,” and the fury that divided us once before may well do so again.
From Seattle Times
While those words are engraved in historical memory, the ones that immediately follow are just as important: Roosevelt singled out the "nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
From Salon
Franklin Roosevelt said the nation should reject “nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”
From Washington Times
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