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critical thinking en · NOUN

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Meanings

1. (uncountable) The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues.
   • As any educator knows, the training of students in critical thinking, analytic skills, and problem solving has become a top educational priority in recent years. 1990, Kerry S. Walters, “Critical Thinking, Rationality, and the Vulcanization of Students”, in Journal of Higher Education, volume 61, number 4, page 450:
   • Recent studies of adolescents' brain scans show that the consumption of alcohol by young adults can cause long-lasting damage, particularly in areas related to learning, memory and critical thinking. 2006 June 4, David Pease, “Teenage Wasteland”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Jun 2009:
   • Moreover, Xi's demand for absolute political obedience suffocates society. Suffocation can only inhibit critical thinking, an essential element of research, even in areas far removed from Xi's Maost-like ideology. 2020, Gordon G. Chang, The Great U.S.-China Tech War, New York: Encounter Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24:
   • The new mysticism, very prevalent at this time in America, is thus, indeed, not ill represented by this very pleasant book. Critical thinking there is none, of course, from one end of the volume to the other. 1898, Josiah Royce, “Review of In Tune with the Infinite; or, Fulness of Peace, Power, and Plenty by Ralph Waldo Trine”, in International Journal of Ethics, volume 9, number 1, page 126:

Translations (51)

pa ਆਲੋਚਨਾਤਮਿਕ ਚਿੰਤਨ (application of logical principles) · bn সুবিবেচক চিন্তন (application of logical principles) · es raciocinación crítica (application of logical principles) · eu pentsamendu kritiko (application of logical principles) · uk критичне мислення (application of logical principles) · cmn 思辨 (application of logical principles) · fa تفکر انتقادی (application of logical principles) · ka კრიტიკული აზროვნება (application of logical principles) · tr eleştirel düşünce (application of logical principles) · kk сыни ойлау (application of logical principles) · it pensiero critico (application of logical principles) · el κριτική σκέψη (application of logical principles) · lv kritiskā domāšana (application of logical principles) · ca pensament crític (application of logical principles) · fr pensée critique (application of logical principles) · lt kritinis mąstymas (application of logical principles) · ja 批判的思考 (application of logical principles) · fr esprit critique (application of logical principles) · hi आलोचनात्मक चिन्तन (application of logical principles) · de kritisches Denken (application of logical principles) · cs kritické myšlení (application of logical principles) · ms pemikiran kritis (application of logical principles) · ga gagnrýnin hugsun (application of logical principles) · es pensamiento crítico (application of logical principles) · kn ನಿರ್ಣಾಯಕ ಚಿಂತನೆ (application of logical principles) · ru крити́ческое мышле́ние (application of logical principles) · vi tư duy phản biện (application of logical principles) · bg критично мислене (application of logical principles) · tl kritikal na pag-iisip (application of logical principles) · sk kritické myslenie (application of logical principles) · sh критичко размишљање (application of logical principles) · ko 비판적 사고 (application of logical principles) · rsk критичне роздумованє (application of logical principles) · ro gândire critică (application of logical principles) · af kritiese denke (application of logical principles) · id pemikiran kritis (application of logical principles) · hy քննադատական մտածողություն (application of logical principles) · mk критичко размислување (application of logical principles) · fi kriittinen ajattelu (application of logical principles) · id berpikir kritis (application of logical principles) · cmn 批判性思維 /批判性思维 (application of logical principles) · az tənqidi təfəkkür (application of logical principles) · mi whakaaro arohaehae (application of logical principles) · uz tanqidiy fikrlash (application of logical principles) · es razonamiento crítico (application of logical principles) · ar تَفْكِير نَقْدِيّ (application of logical principles) · tr eleştirel düşünme (application of logical principles) · pt pensamento crítico (application of logical principles) · ja クリティカルシンキング (application of logical principles) · pl myślenie krytyczne (application of logical principles) · gl pensamento crítico (application of logical principles)