English noun: reasonableness | |||
| 1. | reasonableness (state) the state of having good sense and sound judgment | ||
| Samples | His rationality may have been impaired. He had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions. | ||
| Synonyms | rationality, reason | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | saneness, sanity | ||
| 2. | reasonableness (attribute) goodness of reason and judgment | ||
| Samples | The judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | soundness, wisdom, wiseness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | sensibleness | ||
| Attribute | reasonable, sensible, unreasonable | ||
| 3. | reasonableness (attribute) the property of being moderate in price or expenditures | ||
| Samples | The store is famous for the reasonableness of its prices. The modestness of the living standards here becomes obvious immediately. | ||
| Synonyms | moderateness, modestness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | inexpensiveness | ||
| 4. | reasonableness (attribute) moderation in expectations | ||
| Samples | Without greater reasonableness by both parties we will never settle this matter!. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | moderateness, moderation | ||
| 5. | reasonableness (attribute) the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person | ||
| Samples | He questioned the tenability of my claims. | ||
| Synonyms | tenability, tenableness | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | plausibility, plausibleness | ||