unreason

Speech parts

1. unreason - Noun

2. unreason - Verb

Meaning

Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity.

To undo, disprove, or refute by reasoning.

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Examples

I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges nearer, pseudo-science and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive. Carl Sagan

If our intention now is to reveal classical unreason on its own terms, outside of its ties with dreams and error, it must be understood not as a form of reason that is somehow diseased, lost or mad, but quite simply as reason dazzled. Michel Foucault

Being a father can unreason your worldview, or at least make it very flexible, and that can create all sorts of fun and insights. Its sad that childrens open-eyed wonder and sense of play begin to fade as they approach adolescence. One grand function of fathering is to keep the fading to a minimum. Clyde Edgerton

There is no truth but untruth. There is no reason but unreason. Edmund Cooper

Behind the apparent unreason there is reason. Edmund Cooper

If unreason comes, reason goes. Japanese Proverb

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