LINE OF REASONING

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Meaning:

A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

Example:

I can't follow your line of reasoning

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("line of reasoning" is a kind of...):

abstract thought; logical thinking; reasoning (thinking that is coherent and logical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "line of reasoning"):

line of inquiry; line of questioning (an ordering of questions so as to develop a particular argument)

casuistry (argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading)

policy (a line of argument rationalizing the course of action of a government)