unreason definitions

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the state of being irrational; lacking powers of understanding [syn: irrationality, unreason]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1827 the absence of reason or sanity ; irrationality, madness

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. lack of reasonable thought or action. Etymology: ME, = injustice, f. UN-(1) + REASON

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unreason Un*rea"son, n. [Pref. un- not + reason.] Want of reason; unreasonableness; absurdity. Abbot of Unreason. See Abbot of Misrule, under Abbot.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Unreason Un*rea"son, v. t. [1st pref. un- + reason.] To undo, disprove, or refute by reasoning. [Obs.] To unreason the equity of God's proceedings. --South.

Moby Thesaurus

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