unreasonablenessn.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈriːzn̩əblnəs/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈriːz(ə)nəblnəs/, U.S.

/ˌənˈrizn̩əb(ə)lnəs/,

/ˌənˈriznəb(ə)lnəs/

Forms: see unreasonable adj. and -ness suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unreasonable adj., -ness suffix.

Etymology: < unreasonable adj. + -ness suffix, after reasonableness n.

†a. Unfairness, injustice. Also: an instance or example of this. Obsolete.

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

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xviii. 48 Ye..haue well herde the grete vnresonablenes [Fr. desraison] that the kynge do too one of oure peres.

a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) iv. lxxv. 861 Methinks I observe some unreasonableness used in this kind.

1782 V. Knox Ess. (new ed.) I. x. 48 If there is an unreasonableness in the laws in one respect, there is also in the other.

b. With reference to an idea, attitude, action, etc.: the quality of being unreasonable, or at variance with reason, good sense, or sound judgement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [noun] > in actions, demands, etc. > as quality

unreasonabilitya1425

unreasonableness1529

groundlessness1661

baselessness1817

1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. f.xi^v/2 Y^e author sheweth what vnresonablenes wold ensue, if folke wold stand so styffe agaynst all credence to be geuen to any such thyng as reason and nature shuld seme to gayne saye.

1645 T. Vane Lost Sheepe 24 The vnreasonablenesse of this assertion.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ix. 388 The Commodore's urging the unreasonableness of this procedure, from the inability of the forts to have done otherwise.

1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Apr. 417 There are depths of unreasonableness, which surpass all human folly.

1936 N. Carolina Rep. 209 151 The instruction..called attention to the unreasonableness of the defendant's testimony.

1961 E. Fromm May Man Prevail? i. 24 The cold glitter in his eyes often tells us more about the fanatical quality of his ideas than the apparent ‘unreasonableness’ of the ideas themselves.

1998 A. Quinton Wodehouse to Wittgenstein 222 Compulsions..are neuroses whose unreasonableness is recognised by the otherwise reasonable person who suffers from them.

2. With reference to a person: the quality of being unreasonable as regards behaviour, attitudes, or demands.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [noun] > in actions, demands, etc.

unreasonableness1529

ungroundedness1628

1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters iii. f. lxxxviii^v/2 Ye laye vnreasonablenesse to theyre charge.

1611 T. Draxe Christian Armorie xv. 151 Many innocent wiues in Moses time, by reason of the crueltie and vnreasonablenes of their husbands, were diuorced from them.

1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. vi. 111 This is Vanity, Conceit, and Unreasonableness.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 595 The difficulties by which the government was beset on all sides, the malignity of its enemies, the unreasonableness of its friends.

1932 H. Guppy & M. Tyson in French Jrnls. Mrs. Thrale & Dr. Johnson 26 Over twenty years' close friendship was ended owing to the unreasonableness, not unnatural, of a very sick man.

2013 Sunday Independent (Nexis) 29 Sept. (Sport section) 8 Being a deranged, egomaniacal obsessive often appears to be the first requirement of management. There is a need for..an unreasonableness which resembles madness.

3. Lack of rationality; incapacity to reason. Now rare.

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

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Irationalita, vnreasonableness, brutishnes.

1681 R. Baxter Compassionate Counsel Young-men v. 37 But for a reasonable Creature to subject himself to fleshly Appetite, and wilfully degrade his Soul to the rank of Bruits, is worse than if he had been made with the Body and the unreasonableness of Bruits.

1884 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 487 Who that has noticed monkeys in captivity—their profound inconsequent gravity and insane delight in their own unreasonableness—has not envied them their immunity from cold criticism?

1908 J. O. Curwood Wolf Hunters v. 81 With instinct that was almost animal in its unreasonableness Wabi sank upon his knees.

4. Immoderateness; excessiveness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun]

unhovea1300

passingc1350

distemperancec1374

excess1393

unmeasurea1400

surfeita1500

excessivenessa1513

ametry?1541

immoderation?1541

distemperature1572

exceedingnessa1586

grossness1585

unreasonableness1606

inordinacya1617

excrescency1638

immoderancy1646

fair share1650

overbalance1651

hyperbole1652

overheight1664

immoderacya1682

faggald1824

1606 Returne Knight of Poste from Hell sig. C4^v Wee..take hie displeasure, both at the vnreasonablenes of thy demand and at thy too plain vnfolding of those sinnes, by which we aduance the power of our kingdome.

1730 T. Chubb Coll. of Tracts xxii. 285 The suffering party..have urged..the unreasonableness of that burden which their fellow-christians have laid upon them.

1833 J. F. Cooper Headsman II. vii. 106 The wearied beasts manifested less zeal than the guide, and they who rode them were beginning to murmur at the unreasonableness of the rate at which they were compelled to proceed on the narrow, uneven, stony path.

1947 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 55 578/1 The irrational basis of my decision to buy caused me almost as much lament as the apparent unreasonableness of the price I had paid.

1982 E. Bardach & R. A. Kagan Going by Bk. i. 6 ‘Unreasonableness’ involves economic inefficiency... For example, mandatory installation of a..pollution treatment system might be unreasonable..if that improvement were to be achieved only at extraordinary expense.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unreasonableness
释义	unreasonablenessn. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈriːzn̩əblnəs/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈriːz(ə)nəblnəs/, U.S. /ˌənˈrizn̩əb(ə)lnəs/, /ˌənˈriznəb(ə)lnəs/ Forms: see unreasonable adj. and -ness suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unreasonable adj., -ness suffix. Etymology: < unreasonable adj. + -ness suffix, after reasonableness n. 1. †a. Unfairness, injustice. Also: an instance or example of this. Obsolete. 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 c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xviii. 48 Ye..haue well herde the grete vnresonablenes [Fr. desraison] that the kynge do too one of oure peres. a1638 J. Mede Wks. (1672) iv. lxxv. 861 Methinks I observe some unreasonableness used in this kind. 1782 V. Knox Ess. (new ed.) I. x. 48 If there is an unreasonableness in the laws in one respect, there is also in the other. b. With reference to an idea, attitude, action, etc.: the quality of being unreasonable, or at variance with reason, good sense, or sound judgement. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [noun] > in actions, demands, etc. > as quality unreasonabilitya1425 unreasonableness1529 groundlessness1661 baselessness1817 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters i. f.xi^v/2 Y^e author sheweth what vnresonablenes wold ensue, if folke wold stand so styffe agaynst all credence to be geuen to any such thyng as reason and nature shuld seme to gayne saye. 1645 T. Vane Lost Sheepe 24 The vnreasonablenesse of this assertion. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. ix. 388 The Commodore's urging the unreasonableness of this procedure, from the inability of the forts to have done otherwise. 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Apr. 417 There are depths of unreasonableness, which surpass all human folly. 1936 N. Carolina Rep. 209 151 The instruction..called attention to the unreasonableness of the defendant's testimony. 1961 E. Fromm May Man Prevail? i. 24 The cold glitter in his eyes often tells us more about the fanatical quality of his ideas than the apparent ‘unreasonableness’ of the ideas themselves. 1998 A. Quinton Wodehouse to Wittgenstein 222 Compulsions..are neuroses whose unreasonableness is recognised by the otherwise reasonable person who suffers from them. 2. With reference to a person: the quality of being unreasonable as regards behaviour, attitudes, or demands. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [noun] > in actions, demands, etc. unreasonableness1529 ungroundedness1628 1529 T. More Dyaloge Dyuers Maters iii. f. lxxxviii^v/2 Ye laye vnreasonablenesse to theyre charge. 1611 T. Draxe Christian Armorie xv. 151 Many innocent wiues in Moses time, by reason of the crueltie and vnreasonablenes of their husbands, were diuorced from them. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. vi. 111 This is Vanity, Conceit, and Unreasonableness. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 595 The difficulties by which the government was beset on all sides, the malignity of its enemies, the unreasonableness of its friends. 1932 H. Guppy & M. Tyson in French Jrnls. Mrs. Thrale & Dr. Johnson 26 Over twenty years' close friendship was ended owing to the unreasonableness, not unnatural, of a very sick man. 2013 Sunday Independent (Nexis) 29 Sept. (Sport section) 8 Being a deranged, egomaniacal obsessive often appears to be the first requirement of management. There is a need for..an unreasonableness which resembles madness. 3. Lack of rationality; incapacity to reason. Now rare. 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 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Irationalita, vnreasonableness, brutishnes. 1681 R. Baxter Compassionate Counsel Young-men v. 37 But for a reasonable Creature to subject himself to fleshly Appetite, and wilfully degrade his Soul to the rank of Bruits, is worse than if he had been made with the Body and the unreasonableness of Bruits. 1884 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 487 Who that has noticed monkeys in captivity—their profound inconsequent gravity and insane delight in their own unreasonableness—has not envied them their immunity from cold criticism? 1908 J. O. Curwood Wolf Hunters v. 81 With instinct that was almost animal in its unreasonableness Wabi sank upon his knees. 4. Immoderateness; excessiveness. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] unhovea1300 passingc1350 distemperancec1374 excess1393 unmeasurea1400 surfeita1500 excessivenessa1513 ametry?1541 immoderation?1541 distemperature1572 exceedingnessa1586 grossness1585 unreasonableness1606 inordinacya1617 excrescency1638 immoderancy1646 fair share1650 overbalance1651 hyperbole1652 overheight1664 immoderacya1682 faggald1824 1606 Returne Knight of Poste from Hell sig. C4^v Wee..take hie displeasure, both at the vnreasonablenes of thy demand and at thy too plain vnfolding of those sinnes, by which we aduance the power of our kingdome. 1730 T. Chubb Coll. of Tracts xxii. 285 The suffering party..have urged..the unreasonableness of that burden which their fellow-christians have laid upon them. 1833 J. F. Cooper Headsman II. vii. 106 The wearied beasts manifested less zeal than the guide, and they who rode them were beginning to murmur at the unreasonableness of the rate at which they were compelled to proceed on the narrow, uneven, stony path. 1947 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 55 578/1 The irrational basis of my decision to buy caused me almost as much lament as the apparent unreasonableness of the price I had paid. 1982 E. Bardach & R. A. Kagan Going by Bk. i. 6 ‘Unreasonableness’ involves economic inefficiency... For example, mandatory installation of a..pollution treatment system might be unreasonable..if that improvement were to be achieved only at extraordinary expense. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1515
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