critical thinking

noun
disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence: The questions are intended to develop your critical thinking.
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Main Entry:  critical thinking
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the mental process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluating information to reach an answer or conclusion
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Critical thinking is always a great word to know.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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Example sentences
It is going to take some formal education and critical thinking.
Most of those students won't be majors, and history is incredibly important for
  the subject matter and the critical thinking.
Both offer then-emergent best practices as a basis for much of today's critical
  thinking.
We're comparing faith to critical thinking, and those are two completely
  different lines of reasoning.
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