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 | ||