REASONABLENESS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

reasonableness

noun

Definition of reasonableness

as in rationality

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as in feasibility

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Recent Examples of reasonableness The residents are owed answers, even while understanding the reasonableness of not knowing all of them just yet. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 23 Apr. 2026 Choosing life over glory is reasonableness in action. — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 This focuses the debate not on the pros and cons of string theory but on the reasonableness of the assumptions. — Quanta Magazine, 23 Mar. 2026 Because those standards focus on reasonableness under the circumstances, an officer can violate departmental policy without necessarily violating the law. — Stephen Martin, Oklahoma Watch, 5 Mar. 2026 An employer and an employee’s view of reasonableness may differ. — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026 Courts have established a standard referred to as objective reasonableness when considering whether a use of force was justified, relying heavily on the perspective of the specific officer in that specific scenario. — Claudia Lauer, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2025 Objective reasonableness, meanwhile, asks whether a hypothetical reasonable person would have also used force given the same circumstances. — Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 6 Nov. 2025

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Noun

These episodes cemented the importance of behavioral economics, revealing that human behavior often deviates from pure rationality, underscoring the need for robust financial regulation alongside monetary policy.

— Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
But that would imply a level of awareness and rationality that many within left-wing sports media organizations simply do not possess.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of rationality

Noun

Li Mingtao, chief scientist at CNSA's Asteroid Monitoring and Early Warning Research Center, told state media that China is studying the feasibility of an asteroid defense system, with the ground-space monitoring network as its core.

— Andrew Jones, Space.com, 9 July 2026
This ability to transfer malicious prompts between models significantly increases the attack’s feasibility, Cao wrote.

— Edd Gent, IEEE Spectrum, 8 July 2026

Definition of feasibility

Noun

Nothing will shake you and wake you like having your senses, your assumptions, your very identity overrun by hour upon hour of First Nations music, dancing, ceremony, and vitality on this patch of Apsáalooke (Crow) land.

— Matt Thompson, SPIN, 14 July 2026
SciAm always educates and delights me, and inspires a sense of awe for our vast, beautiful universe.

— Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 14 July 2026

Definition of sense

Noun

Ultimately, brands balance creative vision with commercial viability, ensuring relevance and connection in a competitive landscape.

— Laia Farran Graves, Forbes.com, 7 July 2026
Making a move for Davis would be more difficult than a simple free agency signing, but the financial viability is not impacted by Porzingis’ signing.

— Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 29 June 2026

Definition of viability

Noun

Della Valle told Chavez that keeping himself busy, in whatever constructive ways possible, was the only way to make it through the monotony with his sanity intact.

— Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 6 July 2026
Make room for summer fun—and keep your sanity—with this quick list of things to toss from your kids’ rooms before school’s out and chaos sets in.

— Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 23 June 2026

Definition of sanity

Noun

The possibility of disruptions to oil flows via the Strait of Hormuz, however, might not entirely be discounted, which could complicate energy supply calculus.

— Justina Lee, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Efraín Juárez, then the coach of Pumas, was asked about the possibility of his team ending a long title drought.

— Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of possibility

Noun

Top of mind was the April 19 killing of 19 people in Negros Occidental, a province in the central Philippines.

— Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
The semiotics of the badge signal a sort of hive-mind curation, a global book group that has determined that this book, of all the millions of books, is worthy of promotion.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 8 July 2026

Definition of mind

Noun

But that potentiality feels nascent in Slater’s current rendering of the part rather than fully acknowledged and explored.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
Quantum Thinking As Catalyst For Innovation Quantum theory describes a reality shaped by uncertainty, potentiality and interconnection.

— Carrie Anne Yu, Forbes.com, 12 Feb. 2026

Definition of potentiality

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