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Recent Examples of unreason
For one, the sheer appeal to unreason underlying Thunberg’s anti-Zionism — betraying its origins in an emotional reflex rather than a logical argument, and thus impossible to negotiate with — is identical to her earlier approach to environmental activism.
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The Editors, National Review, 11 June 2025
For all Eggers’s dramatization of unreason, his images sit heavily onscreen awaiting something more significant than mere admiration—interpretation.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Like many politicians, Khan is trying to reason with a maelstrom of unreason.
—Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
The slaughter of 20 million people grotesquely buttressed his insistence that conscious rationality co-exists with aggressive unreason and his skepticism toward naïve narratives of inevitable social and technological progress.
—Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022
The country has entered what can only be characterized as an age of unreason, with large swaths of its population embracing wild conspiracy theories.
—Jonathan Kirshner, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2021
The Editors, National Review, 11 June 2025
For all Eggers’s dramatization of unreason, his images sit heavily onscreen awaiting something more significant than mere admiration—interpretation.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
Like many politicians, Khan is trying to reason with a maelstrom of unreason.
—Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
The slaughter of 20 million people grotesquely buttressed his insistence that conscious rationality co-exists with aggressive unreason and his skepticism toward naïve narratives of inevitable social and technological progress.
—Patrick Blanchfield, The New Republic, 1 Sep. 2022
The country has entered what can only be characterized as an age of unreason, with large swaths of its population embracing wild conspiracy theories.
—Jonathan Kirshner, Foreign Affairs, 29 Jan. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreason
Noun
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Simply getting older increases our chances of developing cancer, dementia, heart failure, and many other conditions.—
Andrew S. Brack,
Time,
26 Feb. 2026
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The rates of dementia and Alzheimer’s are only increasing.—
Lindsey Leake,
NBC news,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Sopho derives from the Greek word for wisdom, mania from the Greek word for madness.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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With all the madness going on out there, this is exactly the game the world needs right now.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Reiner’s lawyers may plead insanity as part of his defense in connection with a long history of drug use and other mental health disorders.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
23 Feb. 2026
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Los Angeles entertainment and trial lawyer Tre Lovell tells USA TODAY that Reiner will likely plead not guilty by reason of insanity.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The mania for finding FIFA World Cup tickets and accommodations continues.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2026
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The criminal mania of cult leader and prolific psychedelic user Charles Manson, who murdered seven people in 1969, is often cited by researchers as an example of the worst possible outcome of psychedelic use untempered by an ego-deflating ritual process.—
Erica Rex,
STAT,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Mania of the week Sophomania — a delusion of having superior intelligence or being exceptionally wise.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2026
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Hence my delight in the brief delusion of my own banning.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Unreason.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreason. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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