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单词 unreasoning
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Definition of unreasoning in English:

unreasoning

adjective ʌnˈriːz(ə)nɪŋˌənˈriz(ə)nɪŋ
  • Not guided by or based on good sense; illogical.

    unreasoning panic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I have no idea what on earth scared me so much, but I can still remember the flood of unreasoning fear as the bellows loomed over me.
    • They do whatever it takes to paint the blackest possible picture and bind their supporters to them with unreasoning bonds of paranoia.
    • Such events may very well, I fear, occur again, and we must steel ourselves in advance so that we do not allow our horror to provoke an unreasoning grasp for some mythical level of security.
    • I suspect this is the real reason for the curiously unreasoning hostility to the film.
    • You don't want your kids down there, and you don't want the protesters showing up in your neighborhood (seemingly caught in the throes of an unreasoning mass psychotic episode).
    • But she found her thoughts unwillingly drawn ever and again to Theo, the man who had so intimidated her, the man her unreasoning instincts were so certain was the same as in her old dream.
    • What killed them was unreasoning, remorseless, merciless evil.
    • They are intractable in their thinking, they are unreasoning and unreasonable and it's just a waste of breath to talk to them.
    • Matrix-style special effects, references to conspiracy theories and ethnic cleansing, it even showed the Doctor as being capable of blind, unreasoning hatred.
    • I gave a shudder, sending water droplets flying about the shower chamber as the unreasoning fear of possible brain damage came to mind again, despite what the doctor had said.
    • In the meantime, the public bases its opinions upon prejudice and unreasoning fears.
    • Mr Justice Sumner said: ‘Her views on MMR are influenced by her mother's unreasoning and rigid approach.’
    • Here Grote defined philosophers as ‘individual reasoners' who ‘dissent from the unreasoning belief which reigns authoritative in the social atmosphere around them’.
    • Most people are fairly adept at judging the character and personality of others, or at least at distinguishing unreasoning zealots from men of good sense.
    • He does, however, share one unreasoning horror with his fellow countrymen, that of being considered ‘a Tall Poppy’, a success story begging to be cut down to size, a man too big for his boots.
    • Military leaders use a variety of charisma, authority, demonstrated professional skill, and valour to create a dynamic of command that is manifested in a fundamentally unreasoning obedience in subordinates.
    • Wherever he goes, Han-gi (Cho Je-Hyun) seems to cause pain and wreak havoc, with something of a supernatural tinge to his unreasoning brutality.
    • How can you expect to have a reasonable and worthwhile take on anything the government does when you have developed such an unreasoning hatred for its leader?
    • Their presumption of our political immaturity is the present-day equivalent of their long held assumption that we are passionate, unreasoning and - a late 20th century addition this - quaint.
    • Unhappily, the latter is the more vivid and unreasoning sentiment when once aroused.
    Synonyms
    unjustified, without reason, uncalled for, unwarranted, unprovoked, undue

Derivatives

  • unreasoningly

  • adverb
    • Mankind, they will say, is only too prone to follow faith unreasoningly, and needs no preaching nor encouragement in that direction.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • An unreasoningly hostile attitude also began to show itself in discussions by military writers.
      • No other Australian city is visited more religiously, admired more grudgingly, or reviled more unreasoningly.
      • No wonder that those who felt vulnerable to such a drastic fiscal reform lashed out, often unreasoningly, to the threat.
      • The point might be easier to grasp if one considers fantasies one does not already unreasoningly believe in.
 
 

Definition of unreasoning in US English:

unreasoning

adjectiveˌənˈrēz(ə)niNGˌənˈriz(ə)nɪŋ
  • Not guided by or based on good sense; illogical.

    unreasoning panic
    Example sentencesExamples
    • You don't want your kids down there, and you don't want the protesters showing up in your neighborhood (seemingly caught in the throes of an unreasoning mass psychotic episode).
    • Unhappily, the latter is the more vivid and unreasoning sentiment when once aroused.
    • I suspect this is the real reason for the curiously unreasoning hostility to the film.
    • How can you expect to have a reasonable and worthwhile take on anything the government does when you have developed such an unreasoning hatred for its leader?
    • He does, however, share one unreasoning horror with his fellow countrymen, that of being considered ‘a Tall Poppy’, a success story begging to be cut down to size, a man too big for his boots.
    • Wherever he goes, Han-gi (Cho Je-Hyun) seems to cause pain and wreak havoc, with something of a supernatural tinge to his unreasoning brutality.
    • Their presumption of our political immaturity is the present-day equivalent of their long held assumption that we are passionate, unreasoning and - a late 20th century addition this - quaint.
    • Most people are fairly adept at judging the character and personality of others, or at least at distinguishing unreasoning zealots from men of good sense.
    • Such events may very well, I fear, occur again, and we must steel ourselves in advance so that we do not allow our horror to provoke an unreasoning grasp for some mythical level of security.
    • Military leaders use a variety of charisma, authority, demonstrated professional skill, and valour to create a dynamic of command that is manifested in a fundamentally unreasoning obedience in subordinates.
    • They are intractable in their thinking, they are unreasoning and unreasonable and it's just a waste of breath to talk to them.
    • I gave a shudder, sending water droplets flying about the shower chamber as the unreasoning fear of possible brain damage came to mind again, despite what the doctor had said.
    • I have no idea what on earth scared me so much, but I can still remember the flood of unreasoning fear as the bellows loomed over me.
    • In the meantime, the public bases its opinions upon prejudice and unreasoning fears.
    • Matrix-style special effects, references to conspiracy theories and ethnic cleansing, it even showed the Doctor as being capable of blind, unreasoning hatred.
    • But she found her thoughts unwillingly drawn ever and again to Theo, the man who had so intimidated her, the man her unreasoning instincts were so certain was the same as in her old dream.
    • They do whatever it takes to paint the blackest possible picture and bind their supporters to them with unreasoning bonds of paranoia.
    • Here Grote defined philosophers as ‘individual reasoners' who ‘dissent from the unreasoning belief which reigns authoritative in the social atmosphere around them’.
    • What killed them was unreasoning, remorseless, merciless evil.
    • Mr Justice Sumner said: ‘Her views on MMR are influenced by her mother's unreasoning and rigid approach.’
    Synonyms
    unjustified, without reason, uncalled for, unwarranted, unprovoked, undue
 
 
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