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motivated reasonings

motivated reasonings is the plural of motivated reasoning.

Meaning of motivated reasoning

Noun

motivated reasoning (plural motivated reasonings)

  1. The phenomenon of seeking out rational arguments in favor of a conclusion already reached for non-rational (chiefly emotional) reasons.
    • Instead of engaging in motivated reasoning, they prefer to see where the evidence leads them.

Questions about motivated reasonings

What is motivated reasonings the plural of?
Motivated reasonings is the plural of motivated reasoning.

Words near motivated reasonings in the dictionary

  1. motionwork
  2. motivatable
  3. motivate
  4. motivated
  5. motivated reasoning
  6. motivated reasonings
  7. motivates
  8. motivating
  9. motivation
  10. motivational
  11. motivationally

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Adapted from Wiktionary: motivated reasonings (page history and authors); motivated reasoning (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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