unreason

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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. 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
  • Seeing no future in fast food, Siemiatkowski took jobs as a dementia caretaker, school teacher, and eventually an internet subscription telemarketer.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Vision may be impacted and the sufferer will demonstrate symptoms of dementia before, ultimately, losing the ability to perform basic functions like eating, swallowing and breathing.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • To give you an idea of this madness, take a look at the photo at the top.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Continue reading … DAVID MARCUS – Progressive madness killed Charlie Kirk, a once-in-a-generation leader.
    , FOXNews.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Those members of Bachelor Nation who aren't familiar with the #MomTok insanity will have several months to get up to speed, as Paul's season of The Bachelorette will not premiere until 2026.
    Kristen Baldwin, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
  • She was later extradited from South Korea in 2022, PEOPLE previously reported, and has since pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder and is pursuing an insanity defense.
    Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Labubu mania has reached the MTV Video Music Awards red carpet.
    Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Wang Ning, founder of toy maker Pop Mart International Group, has become richer than Alibaba cofounder Jack Ma thanks to the global mania for the company’s Labubu dolls.
    Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For an in-depth look at AI psychosis and especially the co-creation of delusions via human-AI collaboration, see my recent analysis at the link here.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • If someone is already at risk of paranoia or delusions, AI may validate their thoughts in a way that intensifies their beliefs.
    Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Unreason.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreason. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.

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