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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | logical, rational |
| Synonyms: | analytic, argumentative, controversial, dialectical, persuasive, polemical, rationalistic |
| Notes: | a dialect is geographical or social variety of speech, whereas dialectic is a form of reasoning or argumentation that focuses on resolving contradictions |
| Antonyms: | illogical, irrational |
| Main Entry: | debate |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discussion of issues; consideration |
| Synonyms: | agitation, altercation, argument, argumentation, blah-blah, cogitation, contention, contest, controversy, controverting, deliberation, dialectic, disputation, dispute, forensic, hassle, match, meditation, mooting, polemic, rebutting, reflection, refuting, tiff, words, wrangle |
| Antonyms: | agreement |
| Main Entry: | disputation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | controversy |
| Synonyms: | argumentation, debate, dialectic, dispute, dissension, forensic, mooting, polemics |
| Antonyms: | harmony |
| Main Entry: | forensic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | judicial, legal |
| Synonyms: | argumentative, debatable, dialectic, dialectical, disputative, juridical, juristic, moot, polemical, rhetorical |
| Main Entry: | logic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | science of reasoning |
| Synonyms: | antithesis and synthesis, argumentation, coherence, connection, course of thought, deduction, dialectic, good sense, induction, inference, linkage, philosophy, ratiocination, rationale, relationship, sanity, sense, sound judgment, syllogism, syllogistics, thesis, train of thought |
| Antonyms: | unreasonableness |
| Main Entry: | syllogism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deductive reasoning |
| Synonyms: | argument, deduction, dialectic, logic, prologism, reasoning |
| Main Entry: | ratiocination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | logic |
| Synonyms: | antithesis and synthesis, argumentation, coherence, connection, course of thought, deduction, dialectic, good sense, induction, inference, linkage, philosophy, rationale, rationality, reason, relationship, sanity, sense, sound judgment, syllogism, syllogistics, thesis, train of thought |
| Main Entry: | rationality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | logic |
| Synonyms: | antithesis and synthesis, argumentation, coherence, connection, course of thought, deduction, dialectic, good sense, induction, inference, linkage, philosophy, ratiocination, rationale, reason, relationship, sanity, sense, sound judgment, syllogism, syllogistics, thesis, train of thought |
| Main Entry: | unfrequented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lonely |
| Synonyms: | antithesis and synthesis, argumentation, coherence, connection, course of thought, deduction, deserted, desolate, dialectic, forlorn, godforsaken, good sense, induction, inference, linkage, lonesome, philosophy, ratiocination, rationale, relationship, sanity, sense, sound judgment, syllogism, syllogistics, thesis, train of thought |
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