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Synonyms for reasoning
ˈri zə nɪŋ, ˈriz nɪŋrea·son·ing
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Wiktionary
reasoningnoun
Synonyms:
rationalereasoningnoun
Action of the verb to reason.
Synonyms:
ratiocination, rationalereasoningnoun
The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises; abstract thought; ratiocination.
Synonyms:
ratiocination, rationale
English Synonyms and Antonyms
reasoning
Argumentation and debate, in the ordinary use of the words, suppose two parties alleging reasons for and against a proposition; the same idea appears figuratively when we speak of a debate or an argument with oneself, or of a debate between reason and conscience. Reasoning may be the act of one alone, as it is simply the orderly setting forth of reasons, whether for the instruction of inquirers, the confuting of opponents, or the clear establishment of truth for oneself. Reasoning may be either deductive or inductive. Argument or argumentation was formerly used of deductive reasoning only. With the rise of the inductive philosophy these words have come to be applied to inductive processes also; but while reasoning may be informal or even (as far as tracing its processes is concerned) unconscious, argument and argumentation strictly imply logical form. Reasoning, as denoting a process, is a broader term than reason or argument; many arguments or reasons may be included in a single chain of reasoning.
Synonyms:
argument, argumentation, debate, ratiocination
Princeton's WordNet
reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thoughtadjective
thinking that is coherent and logical
Synonyms:
logical thinking, abstract thoughtAntonyms:
irrationalintelligent, reasoning(a), thinking(a)adjective
endowed with the capacity to reason
Antonyms:
irrational
Dictionary of English Synonymes
reasoningnoun
Synonyms:
ratiocination, argumentation
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
reasoningnoun
Synonyms:
ratiocination, argumentation, syllogism, discursus, (sophistical or false) sophistry, fallacy, casuistry
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "reasoning":
rationale, argument, logic, thinking, motivation, argumentation
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1972 | thinking | |
#2077 | argument | |
#3198 | logic | |
#3284 | debate | |
#7769 | motivation | |
#8923 | reasoning | |
#11652 | rationale | |
#45177 | argumentation | |
#326816 | ratiocination |
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Former CIA director David Petraeus:
The reasoning seems to be to show in the most significant way possible that the US is just not going to allow the continued violence—the rocketing of our bases, the killing of an American contractor, the attacks on shipping, on unarmed drones—without a very significant response.
Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.
Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believing as we already do.
Thinking, understanding, reasoning, willing, call not these Soul They are its actions, but they are not its essence.
I wouldn't characterize anything as dismissive, there were certainly areas of disagreement, which shouldn't necessarily come as a surprise. ... He also explained the reasoning behind those areas of disagreement.
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