logicalness

noun

as in coherence

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  1. coherence
  2. rationality
  3. logic
  4. reasoning
  5. cogency
  6. ratiocination
  7. synthesis
  8. sense
Noun
  • 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
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
Noun
  • Such actor-role hybrids are created not through genetic splicing but through photographic exposure—through the logic of the screen.
    — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Staring down an assembly of the outraged, Digger spells out the ruthless logic of global capitalism and claims the world’s fuel dependency as the ultimate vindication.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of logic
Noun
  • If anyone can reconstruct Apéry’s reasoning, the odd values of zeta may finally be proven irrational.
    — Lyndie Chiou, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Give them the economics, the reasoning beneath the numbers, and partner with organizations like Economics Arkansas, which has equipped our teachers to do exactly that since 1962.
    — Michael Poore Special to the Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of reasoning
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • The pair are known for pioneering research into autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The new center brings material synthesis, development, scale-up and technology transfer into one location.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of synthesis
Noun
  • In a picture shared in the post taken on Fall Picture Day, Cagle said Burfield had relaxed smile and a sense of ease.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Still The Hairy Ape is, in one sense, a long, furious solo — a man pounding his head against a piano while accompanied by the orchestra — and Beavers ably carries its weight through to the finale.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of sense
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“Logicalness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logicalness. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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