ˌən-ˈrēz-niŋ
as in irrational
not using or following good reasoning
an unreasoning argument based on some false assumptions
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Recent Examples of unreasoning
Let sound political prescience but take the place of an unreasoning prejudice, and this will be done.
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Frederick Douglass, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2017
Frederick Douglass, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreasoning
Adjective
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Losing Fed independence is like giving free rein to emotional, irrational decision making.—
Hersh Shefrin,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Maura’s performance makes Maria Angeles so magnetic and eccentric — earthily practical on some matters, dizzily irrational on others, and sympathetically true to herself on all fronts — that all the film’s other players want for detail and texture by comparison.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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We're protected from unreasonable searches and seizures.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
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This is a crude and unreasonable attempt to make the discussion into an all-or-nothing affair.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In each case, the actual right to your body is deferred to some third party, either the paternalists, the hypothetical children, or unreasoned authority.—
Kyle Munkittrick,
Discover Magazine,
20 June 2011
Adjective
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Dumas’ injunction states that any decisions made in meetings with Weatherington claiming the chair seat are illegitimate.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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Putin asked, reiterating a common Russian argument that their country sees the Ukrainian leader as illegitimate.—
Tara Suter,
The Hill,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Unreasoning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreasoning. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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