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emotional reasoning

emotional reasoning noun: a cognitive process that occurs when a person believes that what they are feeling is true regardless of the evidence.

Noun

emotional reasoning (uncountable)

  1. A cognitive process that occurs when a person believes that what they are feeling is true regardless of the evidence.

Questions about emotional reasoning

What does emotional reasoning mean?
Emotional reasoning means a cognitive process that occurs when a person believes that what they are feeling is true regardless of the evidence.
What part of speech is emotional reasoning?
Emotional reasoning is a noun.

Words near emotional reasoning in the dictionary

  1. emotional labor
  2. emotional labour
  3. emotional pivot
  4. emotional pivots
  5. emotional plane
  6. emotional reasoning
  7. emotional support animal
  8. emotional support animals
  9. emotional support vehicle
  10. emotional support vehicles
  11. emotional tampon

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