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. Benjamin Franklin:

   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.

2. Jastrowski Mano:

   Working memory is often conceptualized as being a 'mental workbench' that allows a person to keep information in mind long enough for reasoning and comprehension to occur, it is involved in helping the brain shift information from short-term memory to long-term memory.

3. Edmund Burke:

   No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.

4. Neil Saunders:

   The exact reasons for Cohen ditching his stake are not yet known, however, the extent of the problems at Bed Bath Beyond are likely to have played a part in his reasoning... Almost every metric at Bed Bath Beyond is negative.

5. Gwendolyn Bobo:

   I want to be optimistic because this is beyond law or anything else. It’s common sense, it’s just reasoning and doing what’s right.