English > abstract thought: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition| Meaning | Thinking that is coherent and logical. |
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| Synonyms | reasoning, logical thinking |
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| Narrower | analysis, analytic thinking | The abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations |
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| argumentation, logical argument, argument, line of reasoning, line | A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood |
| conjecture | reasoning that involves the formation of conclusions from incomplete evidence |
| deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis | reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) |
| inference, illation | 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 |
| regress, reasoning backward | The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence |
| synthesis, synthetic thinking | The combination of ideas into a complex whole / whole |
| Broader | thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation | The process of using your mind to consider something carefully |
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| Spanish | razonamiento |
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| Catalan | raonament |
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