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reasoning

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rea·son·ing  (rz-nng)
n.
1. Use of reason, especially to form conclusions, inferences, or judgments.
2. Evidence or arguments used in thinking or argumentation.

reasoning
Noun
1. the process of drawing conclusions from facts or evidence
2. the conclusions reached in this way
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.reasoningreasoning - thinking that is coherent and logical
cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process, thought - the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought"
analytic thinking, analysis - the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
line of reasoning, logical argument, argumentation, argument, line - a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your line of reasoning"
conjecture - reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence
deductive reasoning, synthesis, deduction - 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
prediction, anticipation, 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
synthetic thinking, synthesis - the combination of ideas into a complex whole
Adj.1.reasoning - endowed with the capacity to reason
rational - consistent with or based on or using reason; "rational behavior"; "a process of rational inference"; "rational thought"

reasoning
noun 2. case, argument, proof, interpretation, hypothesis, exposition, train of thought
Translations
reasoning [ˈriːznɪŋ] nrazonamiento, argumentos mpl
reasoning [ˈriːznɪŋ] reason nraisonnement m
reasoning [ˈriːznɪŋ] reason nArgumentation f
reasoning [ˈriːznɪŋ] nragionamento


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Obviously he did not care in the least what his reasoning led him to; all he wanted was the process of reasoning.
You can only form the minds of reasoning animals upon Facts: nothing else will ever be of any service to them.
And as all choice and reasoning can be really calculated--because there will some day be discovered the laws of our so-called free will--so, joking apart, there may one day be something like a table constructed of them, so that we really shall choose in accordance with it.
 
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