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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

Other Word Forms

  • unreasoningly adverb

Etymology

Origin of unreasoning

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

Example Sentences

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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

I’m most interested in the bright line that Pinker draws between the empirical spirit of science and the unreasoning obscurantism he suggests otherwise prevails.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2018

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

After his embarrassment and his unreasoning joy he was consumed with wonder at her presence.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald