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REASONABLENESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person
Example:
he questioned the tenability of my claims
Synonyms:
reasonableness; tenability; tenableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("reasonableness" is a kind of...):
plausibility; plausibleness (apparent validity)
Derivation:
reasonable (showing reason or sound judgment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Moderation in expectations
Example:
without greater reasonableness by both parties we will never settle this matter!
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("reasonableness" is a kind of...):
moderateness; moderation (quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes)
Derivation:
reasonable (not excessive or extreme)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The property of being moderate in price or expenditures
Example:
the modestness of the living standards here becomes obvious immediately
Synonyms:
moderateness; modestness; reasonableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("reasonableness" is a kind of...):
inexpensiveness (the quality of being affordable)
Derivation:
reasonable (not excessive or extreme)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Goodness of reason and judgment
Example:
the judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("reasonableness" is a kind of...):
soundness; wisdom; wiseness (the quality of being prudent and sensible)
Attribute:
reasonable; sensible (showing reason or sound judgment)
unreasonable (not reasonable; not showing good judgment)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reasonableness"):
sensibleness (the quality of showing good sense or practical judgment)
Derivation:
reasonable (showing reason or sound judgment)
Sense 5
Meaning:
The state of having good sense and sound judgment
Example:
he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions
Synonyms:
rationality; reason; reasonableness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("reasonableness" is a kind of...):
saneness; sanity (normal or sound powers of mind)
Derivation:
reasonable (marked by sound judgment)
