reasoning

English

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reasoning

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːzənɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: rea‧son‧ing

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Noun

reasoning (countable and uncountable, plural reasonings)

1. (uncountable) The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive.
2. (countable) A Rastafari meeting held for the purposes of chanting, prayer and discussion.

Synonyms

• (deduction of inferences): ratiocination, rationale, reasons, rationalization

Derived terms

• abductive reasoning
• case-based reasoning
• deductive reasoning
• emotional reasoning
• forward reasoning
• inductive reasoning
• motivated reasoning

Translations

deduction of inferences or interpretations

Albanian: Arsyetim (sq) Asturian: razonamientu m Bulgarian: разсъждение (bg) n (razsǎždenie) Catalan: raonament (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 推理 (zh) (tuīlǐ), 推論 / 推论 (zh) (tuīlùn) Czech: uvažování n Dutch: redenering (nl) f Esperanto: rezono, rezonado French: raisonnement (fr) m Galician: razoamento (gl) m Georgian: განსჯა (gansǯa) German: Argumentation (de) f Greek: σκεπτικό (el) n (skeptikó), συλλογιστική (el) f (syllogistikí) Ancient: λογισμός m (logismós) Hindi: तर्क (hi) (tark) Italian: ragionamento (it) m Japanese: 推論 (ja) (すいろん, suiron) Latin: ratiocinatio f Norwegian: Bokmål: tankegang m Nynorsk: tankegang m Old English: rǣswung f Polish: dowodzenie (pl) n, argumentacja (pl) f Portuguese: razoamento (pt) m Russian: рассужде́ние (ru) n (rassuždénije), аргумента́ция (ru) f (argumentácija) Slovak: uvažovanie Spanish: razonamiento (es) m

Verb

reasoning

1. present participle and gerund of reason

Further reading

• “reasoning”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “reasoning”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.