as in unreasonableness
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Noun
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One America, with coastal elites in places like New York City and Los Angeles, who continue to steamroll towards full-on Marxism, and another with ordinary, hard-working Americans across the country, like here in the great state of Alaska, who don’t embrace this extremism.—
Mike Dunleavy,
New York Daily News,
14 July 2025 -
Many of those dismissed worked on issues including countering violent extremism, helping Afghans who fled after the Taliban takeover, educational exchanges, and programs supporting women's rights, refugees, and climate change.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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In this new struggle, as sharp-eyed militants understood, firmness of tread counted a great deal more than radicalism of demand.—
Matthew Karp,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
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In part, blame Stack’s production: The trappings of sonic radicalism and aggression—industrial guitars that hum like broken TVs, percussion that pounds from all directions—belie what’s essentially smooth, streamable fare.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2025
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“Irrationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irrationality. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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