AGE OF REASON Synonyms

• clear or deep perception of a situation

• a feeling of understanding

• the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation

• grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

• knowledge and intellectual ability

• the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

• a person who uses the mind creatively

• the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

• reasoned and reasonable judgment

• the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation

• the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations

• a system of reasoning

• (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)

• the state of having good sense and sound judgment

• the quality of being consistent with or based on logic

• mental responsiveness and awareness

• refined sensitivity to pleasurable or painful impressions

• (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation

• the cognitive condition of someone who understands

• the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

• an inclination to support or be loyal to or to agree with an opinion

• the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination

• characterized by understanding based on comprehension and discernment and empathy

• accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

• an Apocryphal book consisting mainly of a meditation on wisdom; although ascribed to Solomon it was probably written in the first century BC

• the trait of utilizing knowledge and experience with common sense and insight

• ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

• the quality of being prudent and sensible

• a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine