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logicalness

noun

as in coherence

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for logicalness
  1. coherence
  2. rationality
  3. logic
  4. reasoning
  5. cogency
  6. ratiocination
  7. synthesis
  8. sense
Noun
  • Conference expansion has shattered pretenses to regional coherence.
    — Geraldo L. Cadava, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The fragility of quantum coherence, quantum interference patterns.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 17 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
  • Xi equates compromise with weakness and has a hard time understanding the give-a-little-to-get-a-little logic that is the heart and soul of diplomacy.
    — Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The tool doesn’t know the company’s pricing logic and can’t see the customer history because that lives in a different system.
    — Angelica Kopec, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of logic
Noun
  • But when conversing with AI lab employees, the model tended to give answers that were more cautious and to use reasoning that was longer and more critical.
    — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Microsoft is combining multi-agent orchestration, advanced reasoning, HPC, robotics and potential quantum capabilities within emerging scientific and enterprise architectures.
    — Ingrid Vasiliu Feltes, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 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
  • Showing here also presents McGirr with a much more authentic pedestal from which to project his new synthesis of all that acquired McQueen aesthetic lore with his own design identity—because both were forged in London.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Rankings and click-through rates are joined, and in some cases superseded, by share-of-voice measures such as brand mentions, algorithmic citations and real-time sentiment synthesis.
    — Paul M. Wilson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of synthesis
Noun
  • Dolce’s cool, reductive architectural sense, with its airy vistas and great open spaces inside and out (perfect for their energetic Labradors, Lola and her son, Dali), is cluttered with the eclectic bounty that Gabbana has assembled over the years.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
  • In an opinion essay Sunday, a trio of 1st Amendment and antitrust experts dismissed Paramount’s threat to leave Los Angeles as a ploy that doesn’t make business sense.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of sense
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“Logicalness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/logicalness. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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