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单词 unreasonability
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unreasonabilityn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˌriːzn̩əˈbɪlᵻti/, /(ˌ)ʌnˌriːznəˈbɪlᵻti/, U.S. /ˌənˌrizn̩əˈbɪlᵻdi/, /ˌənˌriznəˈbɪlᵻdi/
Forms: late Middle English vnresonabiltee, late Middle English vnresonabylite, 1800s– unreasonability.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unreasonable adj., -ity suffix.
Etymology: < unreasonable adj. + -ity suffix: see -bility suffix. Compare later reasonability n.
Unreasonableness; irrationality; incapability of being apprehended by reason.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [noun] > in actions, demands, etc. > as quality
unreasonabilitya1425
unreasonableness1529
groundlessness1661
baselessness1817
a1425 (?a1400) Deonise hid Diuinite (Harl.) (1955) 8 (MED) Whan we entren into þe derknes þat is abouen mynde, we schul not onliche fynde þe schortyng of wordes, bot as it were a madnes & a parfite vnresonabiltee of alle þat we seyn.
c1475 in F. J. Furnivall Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 143 Arystotelle..sayethe that euery man nedethe To be ware of the vnresonabylite That comethe of the sensualite..But let resun haue the soueraynte, And so he schalle purches vertu.
1849 F. M. Trollope Old World & New I. xvii. 267 It is the duty of every agent to be patient with the unreasonability of his principle, and for this plain reason, sir, that most men is unreasonable where the dollars are concerned.
1947 Economist 3 May 671/2 The statutory stigma of unreasonability must apply to all alike.
1996 K. Nielsen Naturalism without Found. 428 Marx and Engels..noted that, in spite of the evident unreasonability of religious belief (its evident untenability), religious belief remains pervasive.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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