unreasoning

Example Sentences

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I’m most interested in the bright line that Pinker draws between the empirical spirit of science and the unreasoning obscurantism he suggests otherwise prevails.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2018

FDR defined “fear itself” as follows: “nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2016

And for once, the commonality rings true, because who knows better the power of words and images to provoke unreasoning rage, even if most of the time that rage isn’t homicidal?

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2015

If it is simply a matter of introducing into the process some figure in whom the public has unreasoning trust, we might just as plausibly have the president’s targeting decisions reviewed by Oprah.

From Time • Feb. 19, 2013

After his embarrassment and his unreasoning joy he was consumed with wonder at her presence.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald