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ABSTRACT THOUGHT
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Thinking that is coherent and logical
Synonyms:
abstract thought; logical thinking; reasoning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("abstract thought" is a kind of...):
cerebration; intellection; mentation; thinking; thought; thought process (the process of using your mind to consider something carefully)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "abstract thought"):
analysis; analytic thinking (the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations)
argument; argumentation; line; line of reasoning; logical argument (a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning)
conjecture (reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence)
deduction; deductive reasoning; synthesis (reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect))
illation; inference (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)
anticipation; prediction; prevision (the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future))
ratiocination (logical and methodical reasoning)
reasoning backward; regress (the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence)
synthesis; synthetic thinking (the combination of ideas into a complex whole)
