järkeily — meaning in English
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English meaning
- discourse noun Serious conversation or communication, spoken or written, on a particular subject.
- ratiocination noun Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
- rationalization noun The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.
- speculation noun A guess or theory formed without firm evidence.
Senses
järkeily is used for these senses in English:
- discourse (countable) Any rational expression, reason.
- ratiocination Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
- rationalization (now, rare) The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.
- speculation The act or practice of buying land, goods, shares, etc., in expectation of selling at a higher price, or of selling with the expectation of repurchasing at a lower price; a trading on anticipated fluctuations in price, as distinguished from trading in which the profit expected is the difference between the retail and wholesale prices, or the difference of price in different markets.
discourse — full definition
- noun Serious conversation or communication, spoken or written, on a particular subject.
- verb To speak or write at length about a subject.
ratiocination — full definition
- noun Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
- noun Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational.
- noun A proposition arrived at by such thought.