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reason
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noun
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1; ‘he cited a lack of funds as the main reason for his decision’
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cause, grounds, ground, basis, rationale
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motive, motivation, purpose, point, aim, intention, objective, goal, occasion, impetus, inducement, incentive
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explanation, justification, case, argument, defence, apology, vindication, excuse, pretext, rationalization
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warrant
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the whys and wherefores
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apologia
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2; ‘a rising crescendo of postmodern voices today rail against reason and science’
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rationality, logic, logical thought, scientific thinking, reasoning, thought, cognition
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the mind, intellect, intelligence, intellectuality
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nous
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rare: ratiocination
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ANTONYMS
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emotion, feeling
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3; ‘he was afraid of losing his reason’
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sanity, mind, mental faculties, mental health, soundness of mind
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senses, wits
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informal marbles
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4; ‘he continues, against reason, to love the woman passionately’
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good sense, good judgement, common sense, sense, judgement, understanding, wisdom, sagacity
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reasonableness, moderation, propriety
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practicality, practicability, advisability
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verb
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1; ‘such a child, left to himself, grows up unable to express himself and unable to reason’
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think rationally, think logically, think straight, use one's mind, use one's common sense, use one's head, use one's brain, think things through, cogitate
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intellectualize
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informal. put on one's thinking cap
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rare: cerebrate, ratiocinate, logicize
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2; ‘Scott reasoned that if Annabel were having a heart attack, she wouldn't be able to talk on the telephone’
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calculate, come to the conclusion, conclude, reckon, think, consider, be of the opinion, be of the view, judge, deduce, infer, surmise
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North American informal. figure
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3; ‘she was growing too tired to reason it out’
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work out, find an answer to, find an solution to, think through, come to a conclusion about, sort out, make sense of, get to the bottom of, puzzle out, solve
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informal figure out
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4; ‘ her husband tried to reason with her, but she refused to listen’
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talk round, bring round, win round, persuade, coax, prevail on, convince
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show someone the error of their ways, make someone see the light
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Phrases
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by reason of
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‘those incapable of supporting themselves by reason of age, infirmity, or disease’
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because of, on account of, as a result of, as a consequence of, owing to, due to, by virtue of, thanks to, through
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with reason
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‘he was anxious, with reason, about his own political survival’
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justifiably, justly, legitimately, rightly, properly, reasonably
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