Reasonableness

Definitions: Reasonableness

Reasonableness

Noun

1. The state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions".

2. Goodness of reason and judgment; "the judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges".

3. The property of being moderate in price; "the store is famous for the reasonableness of its prices".

4. Moderation in expectations; "without greater reasonableness by both parties we will never settle this matter!".

5. The quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person; "he questioned the tenability of my claims".

Date "reasonableness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1690. (references)

Domain	Definitions
Shipping	Under ICC and common law, the requirement that a rate not be higher than is necessary to reimburse the carrier for the actual cost of transporting the traffic and allow a fair profit. (references)
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Synonyms: Reasonableness

Synonyms: moderateness (n), modestness (n), rationality (n), reason (n), tenability (n), tenableness (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Intelligence Wisdom	Wisdom, sapience, sense; good sense, common sense, horse sense, plain sense; rationality, reason; reasonableness; adj; judgment; solidity, depth, profundity, caliber; enlarged views; reach of thought, compass of thought; enlargement of mind.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Reasonableness

English words defined with "reasonableness": Conscionableness ♦ exaggerated ♦ hyperbolic ♦ inflated ♦ moderateness, modestness ♦ sweetness and light ♦ unimpassioned. (references)

Specialty definitions using "reasonableness": contract coordinator, CONTRACT SPECIALIST. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	John Locke and Christianity: Contemporary Responses to the Reasonableness of Christianity (Key Issues Series) (reference) Reason, Rationality, and Reasonableness (reference) Reasonableness of Christianity and a Discourse of Miracles (reference) Standards of Reasonableness in Local Freight Discriminations (Columbia University Studies in the Social Sciences, No 97) (reference) The Reasonableness of Reason: Explaining Rationality Naturalistically (reference) (more book examples)
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Speaker	Phrase(s)
Rush Limbaugh	Now, of course, anybody who goes on my show is blatantly political, as though that somehow is out of the realm of reasonableness.
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"Reasonableness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reasonableness" is used about 389 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	389	14,231

Language		Translations for "reasonableness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏معقولية (rationality), ‏إعتدال (amenity, erection, mildness, moderation, modesty, plainness, sagacity, self restraint, soberness, sobriety, temper, temperance). (various references)

Chinese		合理 (rational, reasonable). (various references)

Dutch		Marge waarbinnen prijzen van het referentietarief mogen afwijken (Zone of reasonableness). (various references)

Finnish		kohtuus (justice, moderation), järkevyys (common sense), järjellisyys (rationality). (various references)

French		caractère raisonnable. (various references)

German		Vernünftigkeiten. (various references)

Greek		εύλογο (plausibility), λογικότησ (logicality, logicalness, ratiocination, rationality, reasonability), λογικότητα (logicality, logicalness, ratiocination, rationality, reasonability). (various references)

Hungarian		méltányosság (equity, fairness, justice, justness, right), indokoltság, ésszerűség (rationalism, reason). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		合理性 (rationality). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		�"うりせい (rationality). (various references)

Korean		순리. (various references)

Manx		resoonaght (debate, discussion, judiciousness, logistics), resoon (cause, logic, rationality, reason). (various references)

Pig Latin		easonablenessray

Romanian		cumpãtare (moderation, parsimony, reservation, reserve, sanity, sobriety, temperance, thrift), cuminţenie (cleverness, discretion, reason, sapience, sense, seriousness, wisdom), caracter rezonabil. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		razumnost (lucidity). (various references)

Spanish		tolerancia (abiding, allowance, broadmindedness, indulgence, overmeasure, sufferance, tolerability, tolerance, tolerant, toleration), sensatez (reason, sageness, sanity, sensibleness, soberness, sobriety), lo razonable (soundness), juicio (good sense, judgement, judgment, mind, opinion, reason, sanity, senses, sensibleness, trial, wisdom, wit). (various references)

Ukranian		достовірність (authenticity, faithfulness). (various references)

Vietnamese		tính hợp lý sự biết điều, sự vừa phải (reason, temperance), sự biết suy nghĩ. (various references)

Welsh		rhesymoldeb. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "reasonableness": reasonablenesses. (additional references)
	Words ending with "reasonableness": unreasonableness. (additional references)
	Words containing "reasonableness": unreasonablenesses. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "reasonableness" (pronounced rē"zunubu'lnus or rē"znubu'lnus)
4	-l n u s	awfulness, casualness, coolness, dullness, fickleness, forcefulness, foulness, fullness, gentleness, harmfulness, hopefulness, idleness, illness, peacefulness, playfulness, resourcefulness, smallness, stillness, thoughtfulness, truthfulness, usefulness, wastefulness, wellness, wholeness, wistfulness, wonderfulness.
3	-n u s	abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forgiveness, forthrightness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopelessness, humanness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wetness, whiteness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, witness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness.
4	-l n u s	awfulness, casualness, coolness, dullness, fickleness, forcefulness, foulness, fullness, gentleness, harmfulness, hopefulness, idleness, illness, peacefulness, playfulness, resourcefulness, smallness, stillness, thoughtfulness, truthfulness, usefulness, wastefulness, wellness, wholeness, wistfulness, wonderfulness.
3	-n u s	abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, cautiousness, cavernous, cheapness, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crispness, crookedness, cuteness, dampness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forgiveness, forthrightness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopelessness, humanness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, sharpness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, steepness, sternness, stiffness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wetness, whiteness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, witness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-e-l-n-n-o-r-s-s-s"
	-3 letters: alonenesses, noblenesses.
	-4 letters: barenesses, baronesses, leannesses, lonenesses, lornnesses, nearnesses, realnesses, reasonable, reasonless, seasonable.
	-5 letters: aloneness, anaerobes, annealers, bannerols, ennoblers, nobleness, noblesses, nonarable, onenesses, reseasons, seasoners, soberness.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-e-e-l-n-n-o-r-s-s-s"
	+2 letters: pardonablenesses, reasonablenesses, unreasonableness.
	+3 letters: unfavorablenesses.
	+4 letters: unreasonablenesses.
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