syllogistic

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syllogistic
Adjective
  • That is logical, but Emmys aren’t always logical.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Sometimes, certain decisions feel easier than others, even when both types of choices (intuitive and logical) seem important.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Her ancestor’s analytic model discouraged self-revelation by the therapist, but Freud often meets her guests’ excavations of desire and vulnerability with her own candid recollections.
    Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • That led us to over-invest in analytical capabilities and outsource data-base management.
    George Bradt, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Even investors who pride themselves on rational decisions know that fear, excitement or uncertainty can often enter the picture.
    Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Even in situations where logic seems to provide you a clear answer, what seems rational may not always feel right or make sense for you personally.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The lockdown was later lifted, but the university said access to campus would remain restricted to students, faculty, and staff with a valid school ID as local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies continued to investigate the threat.
    N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • But that valid concern cannot become a shield used to deflect from real and rising threats.
    Andrew Weinstein, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Rather than advocating a one-size-fits-all, outdated approach to leadership, Hinson is helping executives expand their leadership impact by using their own coherent leadership approach, rather than following outdated leadership rules.
    Serenity Gibbons, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The wisest people can narrate their entire life — mistakes included — as a coherent whole.
    Big Think, Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This sort of a priori justification for ESAs explains a few things.
    Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • These new loops manufacture demand, legitimacy, and cultural weight—not because of what the content says, but because of how it was engineered a priori.
    Emil Steiner, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In line, a large meta-analysis shows little empirical or conceptual difference between EQ and impression management.
    Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Such empirical human suffering cannot be denied.
    Sahar Mustafah August 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Bondi could argue that her actions set a reasonable expectation that public officials should conduct themselves with respect towards other branches of government.
    Andrew Binns, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Lawyers for the plaintiffs said their restraining order only prevented federal agents from making stops without reasonable suspicion, in line with the Constitution and Court precedent.
    Dan Gooding Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Syllogistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllogistic. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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