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[ uhn-ree-zuhn ] / ʌnˈri zən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR unreason ON THESAURUS.COM
nouninability or unwillingness to think or act rationally, reasonably, or sensibly; irrationality. lack of reason or sanity; madness; confusion; disorder; chaos: a world torn by unreason. verb (used with object)to upset or disrupt the reason or sanity of: The devious plot soon unreasoned the general. Origin of unreasonFirst recorded in 1250–1300, unreason is from the Middle English word un-reson.See un-1, reason Words nearby unreasonunreal, unrealistic, unreality, unrealizable, unrealized, unreason, unreasonable, unreasonable behaviour, unreasoning, unreckonable, unrecognizable Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for unreasonIn The Embrace of Unreason, Frederick Brown weaves a warning for America from the story of the divided French. ‘The Embrace of Unreason’: How France Lost It All Between the Wars|Michael Korda|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST It is that phenomenon that Frederick Brown explores in his brilliant new book, The Embrace of Unreason: France, 1914-1940. ‘The Embrace of Unreason’: How France Lost It All Between the Wars|Michael Korda|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST Like the Furies, the Cheneys stand for unreason and emotionalism. Cheney Blood Lust|Lee Siegel|October 22, 2009|DAILY BEAST There were not only doubt and denial, but now there were also impatience and unreason. Soul of a Bishop|H. G. Wells
The more he believes in his own reason, the more he yearns for some method of out-shouting the unreason of his neighbours. God and Mr. Wells|William Archer The unreason of our painting has the same cause as the unreason of our objects of use; and the cause is in us, not in the artist. Essays on Art|A. Clutton-Brock He felt as if he had been assaulting a beautiful alabaster wall of unreason. The Portion of Labor|Mary E. Wilkins Freeman God torments himself with the devil, and the philosopher does it with unreason and the accidental. The Ego and His Own|Max Stirner
British Dictionary definitions for unreason
nounirrationality or madness something that lacks or is contrary to reason lack of order; chaos verb(tr) to deprive of reason Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to unreasonnervousness, madness, agitation, excitement, frenzy, delirium, panic, mirth, hysterics, feverishness |