4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

unreason

noun: the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding [syn: {irrationality}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Unreason \Un*rea"son\, noun [Pref. un- not + reason.] Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity.

{Abbot of Unreason}. See {Abbot of Misrule}, under {Abbot}.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Unreason \Un*rea"son\, verb (used with an object) [1st pref. un- + reason.] To undo, disprove, or refute by reasoning. [Obs.]

To unreason the equity of God's proceedings. --South.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "unreason": callowness, childishness, immaturity, imprudence, inadvisability, inattention, inconsideration, indiscreetness, indiscretion, inexpedience, injudiciousness, irrationality, pompousness, puerility, reasonlessness, recklessness, senselessness, stuffiness, thoughtlessness, unintelligence, unreasonableness, unsensibleness, unsoundness, unthoughtfulness, unwisdom, unwiseness, witlessness

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