commonsense

Speech parts

1. commonsense - Adjective

2. commonsense - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

exhibiting native good judgment

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

practicability practical logical judgment realism wise intuitive pragmatic sensible realist nous gumption sensibleness pragmatical mother wit
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Antonyms

irrational unreasonable bewildered unwarranted illogical fallacious
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Phrases with the word

commonsense realism commonsense philosopher

Examples

Since we have no systematic way to avoid all the inconsistencies of commonsense logic, each person must find his own way by building a private collection of "cognitive censors" to suppress the kinds of mistakes he has discovered in the past. Marvin Minsky

The implications of these considerations justify the statement that all empirically verifiable knowledge even the commonsense knowledge of everyday life - involves implicitly, if not explicitly, systematic theory in this sense. Talcott Parsons

I used to joke that if acting didn't work out, poetry was my commonsense fallback. Merritt Wever

Big History's not going to replace existing educational courses. It's not an attack on specialisation. It is simply the argument that specialisation needs to be complemented with an overview, which I think is scientific commonsense. David Christian

I rise today in strong support of the Children's Safety and Violent Crime Reduction Act, because it is a commonsense way to protect our schoolchildren from pedophiles. Ric Keller

Nothing of value is free. It is very easy, Mr. Chairman, to convince people that it is in their best interest to give away somebody else's property for nothing, but even the most guileless among us know that this is a cave of illusion where commonsense is lured and then quietly strangled. Jack Valenti

Close letter words and terms

commonplacer commons Commons House commonsense philosopher commonsense realism commonsensible