reason
Noun
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is a type of: rational motive - a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argumentsubtypes:same as: ground
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is a type of: account, explanation - a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc.
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is a type of: faculty, mental faculty, module - one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mindsame as: intellect, understanding
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same as: rationality, reasonableness
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is a type of: justification - a statement in explanation of some action or belief
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is a type of: fact - a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurredsubtypes:
- indication - (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure
- contraindication - (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment
Verb
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is a type of: cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgmentssubtypes:
- induce - reason or establish by induction
- deduce, deduct, derive, infer - reason by deduction; establish by deduction
- syllogise, syllogize - reason by syllogisms
- feel, find - come to believe on the basis of emotion, intuitions, or indefinite grounds
- deduce, infer - conclude by reasoning; in logic
- gather - conclude from evidence
- extrapolate, generalise, generalize, infer - draw from specific cases for more general cases
same as: conclude, reason out -
subtypes:
- re-argue - argue again
- expostulate - reason with (somebody) for the purpose of dissuasion
- defend, fend for, support - argue or speak in defense of
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is a type of: cerebrate, cogitate, think - use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgmentssubtypes:
- rationalise away, rationalize away - substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of
- theorize - form or construct theories
- theorize - construct a theory about
- ratiocinate - reason methodologically and logically
- calculate, cipher, compute, cypher, figure, reckon, work out - make a mathematical calculation or computation
- categorise, categorize - place into or assign to a category
- speculate - talk over conjecturally, or review in an idle or casual way and with an element of doubt or without sufficient reason to reach a conclusion
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