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misreason

misreason verb: to reason badly; to form an irrational conclusion.

Verb

misreason (third-person singular simple present misreasons, present participle misreasoning, simple past and past participle misreasoned)

  1. To reason badly; to form an irrational conclusion.
    • I could not, indeed, so strangely misreason as to suppose that sensual indulgence produced superior intelect; but I supposed that in some instances superior intellect might cause sensual indulgence.1817, Rev. James Gilchrist, The Intellectual Patrimony; Or a Father's Instructions, page 78
    • We need not even enter the courtroom to flood ourselves with memorial evidence of the "stern lesson" that "[p]eople disguise the truth in certain situations, whether out of deviousness, self-deception, ignorance, or fear. They also, of course, misremember, misjudge, and misreason.”2006, Evan Selinger, Robert P. Crease, The Philosophy of Expertise, page 132

Noun

misreason (uncountable)

  1. Irrational or illogical thinking.
    • A rift through the clouds is seen, Misrule and misreason are forced to fly, Law takes her scepter again;1879, D. B. Bernard, The Temperance Offering, page 211
    • That line of misreason runs as follows: “ If evolution is true, and we did come from the apes, then why are there apes still living?”1989, Lewin Roger, In the Age of Mankind, page 32

Forms of misreason

third-person singular presentmisreasons
present participlemisreasoning
past participlemisreasoned
pastmisreasoned

Origin of misreason

From mis- + reason.

Questions about misreason

What does misreason mean?
Misreason means to reason badly; to form an irrational conclusion.
What part of speech is misreason?
Misreason can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of misreason?
The past tense of misreason is misreasoned.

Words near misreason in the dictionary

  1. misreads
  2. misrear
  3. misreared
  4. misrearing
  5. misrears
  6. misreason
  7. misreasoned
  8. misreasoning
  9. misreasons
  10. misrecall
  11. misrecalled

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