reasoning

1. Thinking that is coherent and logical (synset 105780353)
   is a type of: cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought, thought process - the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
   subtypes:

   • analysis, analytic thinking - the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
   • argument, argumentation, line, line of reasoning, logical argument - a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning
   • 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)
   • illation, inference - 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
   • anticipation, prediction, prevision - the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
   • ratiocination - logical and methodical reasoning
   • reasoning backward, regress - 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
   same as: abstract thought, logical thinking

1. Endowed with the capacity to reason (synset 301932488)
   similar to: rational - consistent with or based on or using reason
   same as: intelligent, thinking

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