nonthinking

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Adjective
  • Along the way, Daisy and Hoke each will confront, acknowledge and, in a way, overcome their own often-unthinking prejudice.
    Oline Cogdill, Sun Sentinel, 9 Feb. 2026
  • To stay in that state of unthinking presence was like walking a tightrope only to suddenly look down, panic, and come plunging back to Earth.
    Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • My greatest irrational fear was that the machine might squeeze far tighter than necessary and I’d just be stuck there in immense pain until someone unplugged the cord.
    Zachary Bernstein, Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Silver’s encouragement had filled me with irrational confidence.
    McKay Coppins, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • More and more people are avoiding dating or befriending those with opposing political views, and growing numbers describe those on the other side as closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent.
    Justin Callais, Twin Cities, 5 Mar. 2026
  • More and more people are avoiding dating or befriending those with opposing political views, and growing numbers describe those on the other side as closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent.
    Justin Callais, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2026
Adjective
  • Mid-century collective behavior theories considered social movements to be nonrational, spontaneous events occurring during moments of social and cultural breakdown.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Bainbridge knew about secrets and unreasoning shame.
    Christopher Tayler, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Let sound political prescience but take the place of an unreasoning prejudice, and this will be done.
    Frederick Douglass, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2017
Adjective
  • Both Jaynes and Meany were accused by the Justice Department of aiding and abetting the deprivation of Taylor's Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.
    Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • When patients have few to no symptoms, a kidney biopsy seems like an expensive and unreasonable ask.
    Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
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“Nonthinking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonthinking. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.

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