Meaning & use
reasonability
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The quality of being reasonable; soundness of judgment.
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The judge questioned the reasonability of the company's pricing policy.
Negotiators appealed to the reasonability of both sides to reach a compromise.
A note on using this word
Largely interchangeable with the more common 'reasonableness,' though many style guides prefer the latter as more standard.
Words with a similar meaning
reasonablenessrationality
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Words with an opposite meaning
unreasonableness
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