logicality
- noun
- /ˌlɒdʒɪˈkælɪti/
- Specialized
:
lógica
- The logicality of her argument made it easy for everyone to understand the complex issue.
Examples
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THE LOGICALITY OF INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Academic text (1994) -
This type of logicality involves reversals and chiasms of false analogy and false priming, tricks involving polysemy and homonymy in pun on the words.
Academic text (2018) -
The way this illogical argument was delivered in a mixture of pidgin and standard English could have evoked laughter in a less serious situation, especially as the young old man ended his speech by balancing his body on his two legs for the first time since he entered the room, as if to dare anybody to challenge the logicality of his point that was not clear.
Fiction book (1991) -
In mathematics, the logicality of each step is crucial for arriving at the correct conclusion.
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His reasoning lacked logicality, which made it difficult to follow his train of thought.
Synonyms
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4.4
Showing that an idea is logical and factually correct
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5.4
Clear thinking and decisions based on facts and logic
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3.8
The state of having no conflicts between ideas or rules
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3.9
A way of thinking or arguing that uses good reasons and evidence to show something is true
A quality of clear, correct thinking that follows facts and reasons
Actions or ideas based on clear reasons and careful thought
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Etymology
The word logicality comes from the Greek root logos, which means 'reason' or 'word', and the ending -ity, which means 'quality'. You can see the same root in the common word logic, so logicality is the 'quality of reason' and means being clear and correct in thinking.