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Definition of critical thinking noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
critical thinking
- The school encourages critical thinking and problem-solving.
- Students are encouraged to develop critical thinking instead of accepting opinions without questioning them.
- The book shows you how to apply critical thinking to your studies.
- Critical thinking skills enable students to evaluate information.
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- adjudication
- analytically
- interpretable
- interpretive
- interpretively
- reinterpretation
- reinvestigate
- reinvestigation
- risk assessment
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What does the noun critical thinking mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun critical thinking . See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun critical thinking ?
Where does the noun critical thinking come from.
Earliest known use
The earliest known use of the noun critical thinking is in the 1810s.
OED's earliest evidence for critical thinking is from 1815, in Critical Review .
critical thinking is formed within English, by compounding.
Etymons: critical adj.
Nearby entries
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- criticaster, n. 1669–
- criticasterism, n. 1805–
- criticastry, n. 1887–
- criticiasis, n. 1874
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- criticizable, adj. 1751–
- criticize, v. 1621–
- criticizer, n. a1680–
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Entry history for critical thinking, n..
Originally published as part of the entry for critical, adj. & n.
critical thinking, n. was first published in 2018.
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the process of analysing information in order to make a logical decision about the extent to which you believe something to be true or false. The school encourages critical thinking and problem-solving. Students are encouraged to develop critical thinking instead of accepting opinions without questioning them.
The meaning of CRITICAL THINKING is the act or practice of thinking critically (as by applying reason and questioning assumptions) in order to solve problems, evaluate information, discern biases, etc.. How to use critical thinking in a sentence.
Critical thinking is that process, that orientation, and in the finest cases, that way of living. As William Graham Sumner put it, more than a hundred years ago:
CRITICAL THINKING meaning: 1. the process of thinking carefully about a subject or idea, without allowing feelings or opinions…. Learn more.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun critical thinking. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Critical thinking is important for making judgments about sources of information and forming your own arguments. It emphasizes a rational, objective, and self-aware approach that can help you to identify credible sources and strengthen your conclusions.
critical thinking, in educational theory, mode of cognition using deliberative reasoning and impartial scrutiny of information to arrive at a possible solution to a problem.
Critical thinking is a widely accepted educational goal. Its definition is contested, but the competing definitions can be understood as differing conceptions of the same basic concept: careful thinking directed to a goal.
Critical thinking definition: disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence. See examples of CRITICAL THINKING used in a sentence.
Critical Thinking is the process of using and assessing reasons to evaluate statements, assumptions, and arguments in ordinary situations. The goal of this process is to help us have good beliefs, where “good” means that our beliefs meet certain goals of thought, such as truth, usefulness, or rationality. Critical thinking is widely ...