unreasoning
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- unreasoningly adverb
Etymology
Origin of unreasoning
Example Sentences
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Describing the South in the run-up to secession and war, he says it was possessed by an “unreasoning fury.”
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
The sense of his story is one of an unreasoning machine — that once a police sweep starts, it hoovers up anybody in the path.
From Seattle Times
"Nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror, which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
From Fox News
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