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unreasoning

[ uhn-ree-zuh-ning ]

adjective

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

    an unreasoning fanatic.



unreasoning

/ 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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Derived Forms

  • unˈreasoningly, adverb
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Other Words From

  • un·reason·ing·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unreasoning1

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

The specter of this virus fills some of our most stalwart souls with unreasoning dread even when it is no immediate threat.

Yet it's plain that he thinks a little worse of himself for allowing his judgment to overmaster his unreasoning dread.

This unreasoning, feminine obstinacy so wrought upon him that he permitted himself a smile and a lapse into irony and banter.

That which goes by the names of clairvoyance and spiritualism is based solely upon an unreasoning credulity.

But in saying that the essence of morality is unreasoning I do not mean that it is unreasonable.

A sort of unreasonable and unreasoning desire that the hour might be marked by something special hovered around her.

He understood the unreasoning temper of those who sought dividends without bothering much about details.

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