Synonyms for reasoning
ˈri zə nɪŋ, ˈriz nɪŋrea·son·ing

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1. reasoningnoun

   Synonyms:
   rationale

2. reasoningnoun

   Action of the verb to reason.

   Synonyms:
   ratiocination, rationale

3. reasoningnoun

   The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises; abstract thought; ratiocination.

   Synonyms:
   ratiocination, rationale

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1. 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

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1. reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thoughtadjective

   thinking that is coherent and logical

   Synonyms:
   logical thinking, abstract thought

   Antonyms:
   irrational

2. intelligent, reasoning(a), thinking(a)adjective

   endowed with the capacity to reason

   Antonyms:
   irrational

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1. reasoningnoun

   Synonyms:
   ratiocination, argumentation

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1. reasoningnoun

   Synonyms:
   ratiocination, argumentation, syllogism, discursus, (sophistical or false) sophistry, fallacy, casuistry

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1. List of paraphrases for "reasoning":

   rationale, argument, logic, thinking, motivation, argumentation

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1. Albert Einstein:

   My religion consists of a humble admiration of the unlimitable superior who reveals Himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds. That deeply emotional conviction of the presence of a superior reasoning power, which is revealed in the incomprehensible universe, forms my idea of God.

2. Gregory Magarian:

   The reasoning across the cases is basically the same, which is that these statutes don’t give the president or the agency in question the authority to issue the mandates.

3. Will Durant:

   Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

4. Joseph Addison:

   Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.

5. Darrell Urban Black:

   Supervisors who bully employees reveal their lack of competence in reasoning.