logicality

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Definition of logicalitynext
as in rationality

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  1. rationality
  2. coherence
  3. logic
  4. reasoning
  5. cogency
  6. ratiocination
Noun
  • To take the intentional stance toward a system is to accord it a degree of autonomy and rationality—to say that its design is working.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026
  • But nuance, rationality, perspective, and experience are not valuable commodities in college football, however, considering social media dunks are far more exciting and attention grabbing.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of rationality
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  • How to find cumulative coherence and meaning where none are intended?
    — Brian Seibert, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Organizational coherence is the integrity of the link between local actions and enterprise intent.
    — Madhu Shashanka, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of coherence
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  • Students get to test their ability to reason, to adapt quickly, to explain their logic and defend it.
    — Reynald Fasciaux, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • There's a certain simple logic to the thought of bringing down the price of fuel by banning its export.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of logic
Noun
  • The new letter warns that the industry doesn't yet know how to safely build and deploy models whose reasoning process can't be monitored.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Such knowledge will be important in the future if, for example, a fraud regulator wants to determine the reasoning behind an agent’s recommendation to take no further action on suspicious activity.
    — Laurent Belsie, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of reasoning
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  • In one of its most demanding assignments of recent memory, the San Francisco Opera Chorus led by John Keene embodies one population after another — monkeys, undersea dwellers, gods and heavenly hangers-on — and does it with power and cogency.
    — Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2025
  • TikTok’s algorithm started swamping me with humanities grad students of varying cogency.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
Definition of cogency
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  • Since Magdalen is all emotion and no ratiocination, No Name might seem to tease that the real detective character is split across the two sisters.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • The underground man is someone who is cursed with ratiocination.
    — Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of ratiocination
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