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单词 non-reason
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non-reasonn.

Brit. /nɒnˈriːzn/, U.S. /nɑnˈriz(ə)n/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: non- prefix, reason n.1
Etymology: < non- prefix + reason n.1, probably after Anglo-Norman nonreson, nunreisun.
1. Scottish. Unlawful or unreasonable action; = unreason n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > unjustness > [noun]
unrighteOE
unrightnessOE
unrightfulnessc1275
wrongousnessc1325
the wrongc1330
unequityc1380
injustice1390
unreasonc1390
wrongfulnessa1400
unskilfulnessc1410
unjustnessc1443
unevennessa1470
unjusticea1475
disreason1480
unreasonablenessc1515
inequity1556
iniquity1587
non-reason1597
unequalness1628
unfairness1713
wrongness1833
society > morality > rightness or justice > wrong or injustice > [noun]
unrightnessOE
unrightOE
wronga1100
un-i-rightc1275
injustice1390
unreasonc1390
wrongfulnessa1400
unskilfulnessc1410
unjustnessc1443
unjusticea1475
disreason1480
unreasonablenessc1515
non-reason1597
wrongness1833
unconscionability1908
society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > violation of law
unlawOE
wrongc1270
surfeitc1400
violation1433
wrongdoing1480
unlawfulnessa1500
transgressing1535
contravention1579
anomy1595
non-reason1597
contravening1645
law-breaking1881
1597 J. Skene De Verborum Significatione at Tort Tort, et non reason, vn-reason, wrang, and vnlaw.
1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem (King Malcolm II) viii. 3 They sal not hald Courts of life and limme; but onely of injuries, and non reason [L. sed de injuria, & non ratione]; that is, wrang and vnlaw.
2. A poor, irrational, or unconvincing reason; something that is presented as a reason, but is not.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > cause or reason > [noun] > reason or ground > alleged reason or pretence
pretencec1425
non-reason1883
1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 663/1 She felt herself physically unable to cope with Marian's misrepresentation, or the non-reasons with which she supported it.
1928 Internat. Jrnl. Ethics 39 16 Reid was in quest of his own meaning for the class term ‘reason (or evidence) for a belief’. He was not merely seeking some casual characteristic which reasons share with non-reasons.
1970 Ethics 80 105/2 It would almost appear as if Hare were suggesting connections that turn out to be non-connections and reasons that turn out to be non-reasons.
2000 Oxf. Amer. May 31/1 He was tall, which for some nonreason I hadn't expected.
3. = unreason n. 2.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [noun]
unskillc1380
unreasona1400
unreasonableness1598
reasonlessness1622
irrationability1645
alogy1646
irrationality1822
non-rationality1894
non-reason1898
stupid1948
1898 W. Wallace Lect. & Ess. on Nat. Theol. & Ethics vii. 108 Non-reason does never beget reason, nor does non-moral beget moral.
1916 D. Barnes Last Petit Souper in Bruno's Weekly 29 Apr. 670 Those other odd ones, who extend their travels beyond ours, on into the mental world, on a journey of so-called non-reason.
1945 Jrnl. Mod. Hist. 17 154/2 The concept of the normal individual as a monistic entity, without any distinction between ‘body’ and ‘soul’ or between ‘reason’ and ‘nonreason’.
1990 MLN 105 577 Zimmermann uses non-reason in the name of reason.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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