critical thinking

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Noun

critical thinking (uncountable)

1. The application of logical principles, rigorous standards of evidence, and careful reasoning to the analysis and discussion of claims, beliefs, and issues.
   • 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:

     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.

   • 1990, Kerry S. Walters, “Critical Thinking, Rationality, and the Vulcanization of Students”, in Journal of Higher Education, volume 61, number 4, page 450:

     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.

   • 2006 June 4, David Pease, “Teenage Wasteland”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 June 2009:

     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.

   • 2020, Gordon G. Chang, The Great U.S.-China Tech War, New York: Encounter Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 24:

     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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:critical thinking.

Translations

application of logical principles

• Afrikaans: kritiese denke
• Arabic: تَفْكِير نَقْدِيّ m (tafkīr naqdiyy)
• Armenian: քննադատական մտածողություն (kʻnnadatakan mtacoġutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: tənqidi təfəkkür
• Basque: pentsamendu kritiko
• Bengali: সুবিবেচক চিন্তন (śubibecok cinton)
• Bulgarian: критично мислене n (kritično mislene)
• Catalan: pensament crític (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 批判性思維 / 批判性思维 (pīpànxìng sīwéi), 思辨 (zh) (sībiàn)

• Czech: kritické myšlení n
• Finnish: kriittinen ajattelu
• French: pensée critique f, esprit critique (fr) m
• Galician: pensamento crítico m
• Georgian: კრიტიკული აზროვნება (ḳriṭiḳuli azrovneba)
• German: kritisches Denken n
• Greek: κριτική σκέψη f (kritikí sképsi)
• Hindi: आलोचनात्मक चिन्तन (ālocnātmak cintan)
• Indonesian: berpikir kritis
• Irish: gagnrýnin hugsun
• Italian: pensiero critico m
• Japanese: クリティカルシンキング (kuritikarushinkingu), 批判的思考
• Kannada: ನಿರ್ಣಾಯಕ ಚಿಂತನೆ (nirṇāyaka cintane)
• Kazakh: сыни ойлау (syni oilau)
• Korean: 비판적 사고 (bipanjeok sago)
• Latvian: kritiskā domāšana f
• Lithuanian: kritinis mąstymas m
• Macedonian: критичко размислување n (kritičko razmisluvanje)
• Malay: pemikiran kritis
• Maori: whakaaro arohaehae
• Persian: تفکر انتقادی
• Polish: myślenie krytyczne n
• Portuguese: pensamento crítico m
• Punjabi: ਆਲੋਚਨਾਤਮਿਕ ਚਿੰਤਨ (ālocnātamik cintan)
• Romanian: gândire critică f
• Russian: крити́ческое мышле́ние (ru) n (kritíčeskoje myšlénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: критичко размишљање n
• Slovak: kritické myslenie
• Spanish: pensamiento crítico m
• Tagalog: kritikal na pag-iisip
• Turkish: eleştirel düşünce, eleştirel düşünme
• Ukrainian: критичне мислення n (krytyčne myslennja)
• Uzbek: tanqidiy fikrlash
• Vietnamese: tư duy phản biện

References

• “critical thinking”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.