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thought process

thought process noun: the steps that a person or group goes through in arriving at a thought.

Noun

thought process (plural thought processes)

  1. The steps that a person or group goes through in arriving at a thought.
    • Moral judgment, social judgment, or any other kind of higher thought process, is a function of intelligence, that is, of neuronic growth.1845, Samuel Ware Fisher, The Supremacy of Mind: a Lecture, page 38

Forms of thought process

pluralthought processes
alternative formthought-process

Questions about thought process

What does thought process mean?
Thought process means the steps that a person or group goes through in arriving at a thought.
What part of speech is thought process?
Thought process is a noun.
What is the plural of thought process?
The plural of thought process is thought processes.

Words near thought process in the dictionary

  1. thought pattern
  2. thought patterns
  3. thought piece
  4. thought pieces
  5. thought police
  6. thought process
  7. thought processes
  8. thought reform
  9. thought shower
  10. thought showers
  11. thought straight

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