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unreasoning

American  
[uhn-ree-zuh-ning] / ʌnˈri zə nɪŋ /

adjective

  1. not reasoning or exercising reason; reasonless; thoughtless; irrational.

    an unreasoning fanatic.


unreasoning British  
/ ʌnˈriːzənɪŋ /

adjective

  1. not controlled by reason; irrational

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of unreasoning

First recorded in 1745–55; un- 1 + reasoning

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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 Sep. 12, 2021

Not everyone agrees that today’s fears are unreasoning or unjustified.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2016

If it is simply a matter of introducing into the process some figure in whom the public has unreasoning trust, we might just as plausibly have the president’s targeting decisions reviewed by Oprah.

From Time Feb. 19, 2013

The sub-heading read, "Batting is a dying art, mortally wounded by night games, big gloves, scientific defenses, unending lines of relief pitchers and the unreasoning stubbornness of the batters themselves."

From Seattle Times Sep. 16, 2012

And Eduardo felt an unreasoning stir of affection.

From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer

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