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REASONING
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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 ("reasoning" 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 "reasoning"):
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)
Derivation:
reason (think logically)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Endowed with the capacity to reason
Synonyms:
intelligent; reasoning; thinking
Classified under:
Similar:
rational (consistent with or based on or using reason)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb reason
Context examples:
Ah! Elinor, said John, your reasoning is very good, but it is founded on ignorance of human nature.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
"I cannot possibly do without Anne," was Mary's reasoning; and Elizabeth's reply was, "Then I am sure Anne had better stay, for nobody will want her in Bath."
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
“My reasoning seems to have been pretty sound, Watson.”
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
An organ composed of grey and white matter containing billions of neurons that is the center for intelligence and reasoning.
(Brain, NCI Thesaurus)
The process of formulating general concepts by abstracting common properties of instances; reasoning from detailed facts to general principles.
(Generalization, NCI Thesaurus)
Any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning.
(Phenomenon, NCI Thesaurus)
And when I received their cold answers and heard the harsh, unfeeling reasoning of these men, my purposed avowal died away on my lips.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The use of animals to study psychological traits such as math reasoning or ability to learn.
(Experimental Psychology, Animal, NCI Thesaurus)
The examination of the cognitive capacities or deficits of an individual through the application of tests that probe that individual's ability to perform various mental activities such as perception, learning, and reasoning.
(Cognitive Assessment, NCI Thesaurus)
From this way of reasoning, the author drew several moral applications, useful in the conduct of life, but needless here to repeat.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
