reasoning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːzənɪŋ/
• Hyphenation: rea‧son‧ing

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Noun

reasoning (countable and uncountable, plural reasonings)

1. (uncountable) The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive.

   Her reasoning was clear and logical.

   I don’t follow your reasoning on this issue.

   Good reasoning helps solve complex problems.

2. (countable) A Rastafari meeting held for the purposes of chanting, prayer and discussion.

Synonyms

• (deduction of inferences): ratiocination, rationale, reasons, rationalization

Derived terms

• abductive reasoning
• case-based reasoning
• deductive reasoning
• emotional reasoning
• forward reasoning
• inductive reasoning
• malreasoning
• metareasoning
• motivated reasoning

Translations

deduction of inferences or interpretations — see also ratiocination,‎ rationale,‎ reasons,‎ rationalization

• Albanian: Arsyetim
• Asturian: razonamientu m
• Bulgarian: разсъждение (bg) n (razsǎždenie)
• Catalan: raonament (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 推理 (zh) (tuīlǐ), 推論 / 推论 (zh) (tuīlùn)

• Czech: uvažování n
• Dutch: redenering (nl) f
• Esperanto: rezono, rezonado
• Finnish: päättely (fi), järkeily (fi)
• French: raisonnement (fr) m
• Galician: razoamento (gl) m
• Georgian: განსჯა (gansǯa)
• German: Argumentation (de) f
• Greek: σκεπτικό (el) n (skeptikó), συλλογιστική (el) f (syllogistikí)

  Ancient Greek: λογισμός m (logismós)

• Hindi: तर्क (hi) (tark)
• Italian: ragionamento (it) m
• Japanese: 推論 (ja) (すいろん, suiron)
• Latin: ratiocinatio f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tankegang m

  Nynorsk: tankegang m

• Occitan: rasonament (oc) m
• Old English: rǣswung f
• Polish: dowodzenie (pl) n, argumentacja (pl) f
• Portuguese: razoamento (pt) m
• Russian: рассужде́ние (ru) n (rassuždénije), аргумента́ция (ru) f (argumentácija)
• Slovak: uvažovanie
• Spanish: razonamiento (es) m
• Swedish: tankegång (sv) c

Verb

reasoning

1. present participle and gerund of reason

Further reading

• “reasoning”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “reasoning”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.