I. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English thenkinge, from gerund of thenken to think
1. : the action of using one's mind to produce thoughts
thinking is mainly … performed with words and other symbols — J.B.S.Haldane
plain living and high thinking
2. thinkings plural : thoughts, meditations
full of thinkings about his people at home — Mark Twain
speak to me as to thy thinkings — Shakespeare
3.
a. : opinion , judgment
is to my thinking the highest point that poetry has ever reached — T.S.Eliot
b. : the kind of thought that belongs (as to a period, group, or person)
in modern thinking the emotion is viewed as a response — J.E.Anderson
the traditions of economic thinking
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of think (II)
1. : having or using the ability to think
admires his high- thinking offspring — Newsweek
2. : marked by use of the intellect : thoughtful , rational
thinking people throughout the country were concerned with social justice — Mary H. Vorse
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