Meanings
nounthought process (plural thought processes)
plural thought processes · alternative thought-process
- The steps that a person or group goes through in arriving at a thought.
Moral judgment, social judgment, or any other kind of higher thought process, is a function of intelligence, that is, of neuronic growth.
1845, Samuel Ware Fisher, The Supremacy of Mind: a Lecture, page 38
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe process of using your mind to consider something carefully
Broader
higher cognitive process
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans denkproses
- denkprosesprocess of thinking
Dutch denkproces
- denkprocesprocess of thinking
Finnish ajatuskulku
- ajatuskulkuprocess of thinking
French cheminement de la pensée, fil de la pensée
- cheminement de la penséeprocess of thinking
- fil de la penséeprocess of thinking
German Denkprozess
- Denkprozessprocess of thinking
Japanese 考え方
- 考え方 (kangaekata)process of thinking
Norwegian Bokmål tankegang
- tankegangprocess of thinking
Polish proces myślowy
- proces myślowyprocess of thinking
Swedish tankegång
- tankegångprocess of thinking
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APA
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“thought process.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thought%20process. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thought process,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thought%20process.
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