reasonableness

noun

Definition of reasonablenessnext
1
as in rationality

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2
as in feasibility

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reasonableness
  1. rationality
  2. sense
  3. sanity
  4. viability
  5. mind
  6. possibility
  7. potentiality
  8. plausibility
Noun
  • Modern men were influenced by reason and rationality, rather than a deity.
    Alison Habens, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Though Young has a clear, lovely voice and an appealing matter-of-factness about her, neither Lloyd nor the show seems very interested in Betty’s B-plot, maybe because its girl-next-door sweetness and rationality feel wan beside the play’s central house of horrors.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
Definition of rationality
Noun
  • The design will focus on early Santa Clara canning days, with Ainsley Family memorabilia to give it a sense of history.
    Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
  • People were waiting for roughly an hour and a half, and parking was extremely limited; this created a sense of repressed frustration in the air.
    The New Yorker, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of sense
Noun
  • What does a guy in my situation do: stay single for sanity or give it another go? – Dating Debate Dear Dating Debate: Think of this as the entrance to a new phase in your dating life.
    R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024
  • Can Washington keep things somewhat manageable with enough economic growth…lower interest rates…higher taxes…a return to fiscal sanity…or some combination thereof?
    MoneyShow, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of sanity
Noun
  • Developers must balance market viability with the potential for impact, choosing areas where investments can fill critical housing gaps or enhance neighborhood infrastructure.
    Meyer Orbach, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
  • After 24 weeks, exceptions exist for the absence of fetal viability or to protect the patient’s life or health.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
Definition of viability
Noun
  • Whether or not candidates were backed by pro-charter groups or supported the growth of charter schools in IPS was not top of mind with some voters in Indianapolis.
    Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
  • David believes this is just her exhausted mind playing tricks, attributing it to postpartum depression, stress, and fatigue.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of mind
Noun
  • There’s always a possibility that, in these troubled times, escapist blockbusters like Wicked, Gladiator II, and Dune: Part Two will find favor with a demoralized and weary audience.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2024
  • Another possibility is the telescope doesn’t identify a ninth planet but finds more distant objects than what was previously known.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of possibility
Noun
  • Typically, the editors will set up multiple story lines in each episode that ultimately coalesce by the time the contestants reach Tribal Council into two or three potentialities.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
  • If Vietnam damaged the credibility of experts, experts were no more inclined to value the democratic potentialities of the public.
    Daniel Bessner, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2017
Definition of potentiality
Noun
  • Intent to prove his vitality now that Loretta has a hot new co-star, Oliver volunteers to reenact the murder to test the plausibility of the time frame.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Hal literally killing the President with a piece of news, however unsettling, at that exact, ultra-convenient moment for the plot is just a bridge too far in terms of plausibility.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of plausibility
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