REASONABLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reasonableness mean? 

• REASONABLENESS (noun)
  The noun REASONABLENESS has 5 senses:

1. the state of having good sense and sound judgment

2. goodness of reason and judgment

3. the property of being moderate in price or expenditures

4. moderation in expectations

5. the quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person

  Familiarity information: REASONABLENESS used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REASONABLENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of having good sense and sound judgment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

rationality; reason; reasonableness

Context example:

he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions

Hypernyms ("reasonableness" is a kind of...):

saneness; sanity (normal or sound powers of mind)

Derivation:

reasonable (marked by sound judgment)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Goodness of reason and judgment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

the judiciary is built on the reasonableness of judges

Hypernyms ("reasonableness" is a kind of...):

soundness; wisdom; wiseness (the quality of being prudent and sensible)

Attribute:

reasonable; sensible (showing reason or sound judgment)

unreasonable (not reasonable; not showing good judgment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reasonableness"):

sensibleness (the quality of showing good sense or practical judgment)

Derivation:

reasonable (showing reason or sound judgment)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The property of being moderate in price or expenditures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

moderateness; modestness; reasonableness

Context example:

the modestness of the living standards here becomes obvious immediately

Hypernyms ("reasonableness" is a kind of...):

inexpensiveness (the quality of being affordable)

Derivation:

reasonable (not excessive or extreme)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Moderation in expectations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

without greater reasonableness by both parties we will never settle this matter!

Hypernyms ("reasonableness" is a kind of...):

moderateness; moderation (quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes)

Derivation:

reasonable (not excessive or extreme)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The quality of being plausible or acceptable to a reasonable person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

reasonableness; tenability; tenableness

Context example:

he questioned the tenability of my claims

Hypernyms ("reasonableness" is a kind of...):

plausibility; plausibleness (apparent validity)

Derivation:

reasonable (showing reason or sound judgment)

 Context examples 

As yet, she cannot even be certain of the degree of her own regard nor of its reasonableness.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

Elinor felt all the reasonableness of the idea, and it gave fresh misery to her reflections.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

You claim the privilege of reason in the highest degree, since you seek to impress us with your complete reasonableness.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The following conversation, which took place between the two friends in the pump-room one morning, after an acquaintance of eight or nine days, is given as a specimen of their very warm attachment, and of the delicacy, discretion, originality of thought, and literary taste which marked the reasonableness of that attachment.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)