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

Not everyone agrees that today’s fears are unreasoning or unjustified.

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

A sudden unreasoning fear of discovery laid hold of Frodo, and he thought of his Ring.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien