line of thought

Definitions

1. 1

   A way of thinking about a particular topic, concept, or problem, that follows a logical…

   A way of thinking about a particular topic, concept, or problem, that follows a logical progression of reasoning or argument.

   • In the present chapter, I want to develop this line of thought in greater detail and at the same time clear up some difficulties that a number of my critics have claimed to find in my account of these matters.
   • Let me approach this line of thought a bit indirectly.
2. 2

   Way of thinking.

   • "Even today there is a dictatorship of a narrow line of thought" which kills "people's freedom, their freedom of conscience," the Pope expressed in his April 10 daily Mass.

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