unreasoning
Example Sentences
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While those words are engraved in historical memory, the ones that immediately follow are just as important: Roosevelt singled out the "nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2021
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
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
The sub-heading read, "Batting is a dying art, mortally wounded by night games, big gloves, scientific defenses, unending lines of relief pitchers and the unreasoning stubbornness of the batters themselves."
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 16, 2012
And Eduardo felt an unreasoning stir of affection.
From "The House of the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer
