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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | deduction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, understanding |
| Synonyms: | answer, assumption, cogitation, concluding, consequence, consideration, contemplation, corollary, deliberation, derivation, finding, illation, inference, inferring, judgment, meditation, mulling, musing, opinion, pondering, ratiocination, reasoning, reflection, result, rumination, sequitur, speculation, thinking, thought |
| Antonyms: | confusion |
| Main Entry: | deliberation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | serious thought, discussion |
| Synonyms: | application, attention, brainwork, calculation, care, carefulness, caution, cerebration, circumspection, cogitation, confabulation, conference, consideration, consultation, debate, forethought, heed, meditation, prudence, purpose, rap, ratiocination, reflection, speculation, study, ventilation, wariness |
| Main Entry: | dialectic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | logic, reasoning |
| Synonyms: | argumentation, contention, debate, deduction, discussion, disputation, forensic, logical argument, mooting, persuasion, polemics, question-and-answer method, ratiocination |
| Notes: | a dialect is geographical or social variety of speech, whereas dialectic is a form of reasoning or argumentation that focuses on resolving contradictions |
| Main Entry: | induction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inference |
| Synonyms: | conclusion, conjecture, deducement, generalization, judgment, logical reasoning, ratiocination, rationalization, reason |
| 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: | mind |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intelligence |
| Synonyms: | apperception, attention, brain*, brainpower, brains, capacity, cognizance, conception, consciousness, creativity, faculty, function, genius, head, imagination, ingenuity, instinct, intellect, intellectual, intellectuality, intuition, judgment, lucidity, marbles, mentality, observation, perception, percipience, power, psyche, ratiocination, reason, reasoning, regard, sanity, sense, soul, soundness, spirit, talent, thinker, thought, understanding, wisdom, wits |
| Antonyms: | body, corporeality, physicality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reason |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental analysis |
| Synonyms: | acumen, apprehension, argumentation, bounds, brain*, brains, comprehension, deduction, dialectics, discernment, generalization, induction, inference, intellect, intellection, judgment, limits, logic, lucidity, marbles, mentality, mind, moderation, propriety, ratiocination, rationalism, rationality, rationalization, reasonableness, reasoning, saneness, sanity, sense, senses, sensibleness, sound mind, soundness, speculation, understanding, wisdom, wit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | reasoning |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | logic, interpretation |
| Synonyms: | acumen, analysis, apriority, argument, case, cogitation, concluding, corollary, deduction, dialectics, exposition, generalization, hypothesis, illation, induction, inference, interpretation, logistics, premise, proof, proposition, ratiocination, rationale, rationalizing, reason, syllogism, syllogization, thinking, thought, train of thought |
| Antonyms: | irrationality, nonsense |
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