misreason

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   To reason badly

   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.
2. 2

   Irrational or illogical thinking.

   • A rift through the clouds is seen, Misrule and misreason are forced to fly, Law takes her scepter again;
   • 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?”
   • While there could be intervention at the level of material conditions, Martin argued also for reform efforts at the point of personal consciousness—the spirit of citizens who could be educated in such a way as to ward off misreason.

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