kind of thinking
collocation in Englishmeaningsofkindandthinking
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kind
noun[C]
uk/kaɪnd/us/kaɪnd/
a group with similar characteristics, or a ...
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thinking
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈθɪŋ.kɪŋ/us/ˈθɪŋ.kɪŋ/
Thinking people use their minds to consider ...
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(Definition ofkindandthinkingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Thiskindofthinkingalso promotes the development of multiple intelligence and is effective in affective writing.
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Thiskindofthinkingrepresents, at best, a kind or moral relativism, or, at worst, a kind of moral nihilism.
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But believing is a specialkindofthinking.
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But such a notion of health is incompatible with thekindofthinkingthat transforms doctors and patients into resources.
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I was interested in bringing thatkindofthinkinginto some of the really ground-down briefs like a hospital or a supermarket.
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Thekindofthinkingand action needed lie far from our field.
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Thatkindofthinkingis as dangerous as reliance on national stereotypes, to which indeed it bears an uncomfortably close resemblance.
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There were precedents for thiskindofthinking.
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Because it focuses on akindofthinkingthat occurs fairly often in clinical practice - especially in regard to diagnosis, to doctor - patient interactions, and to ethical decisionmaking.
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As stated above, he describes the act of belief as akindofthinkingwith assent.
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Why does thiskindofthinkingmatter in grammar?
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Certainly, more composition at all levels of music education can only help make all performers, including amateurs, more insightful concerning thekindofthinkingevidenced by composers in their scores.
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Thiskindofthinkingis highly misleading because it fails to make the separation between an empirical description of a process and an explanation for, or understanding of that process.
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Piaget (1964) concluded that "thiskindofthinkingis not peculiar to professional logicians since the children themselves apply it with confidence when they reach the operational level" (p. 117).
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One should seek to promote the samekindofthinkingamong those already there.
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That would seem to be thekindofthinkingof the body from which the present chief economic adviser comes.
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Thiskindofthinkingis inimical to the sort of innovation economy for which this country must go or bust.
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I regard this as the most reprehensiblekindofthinking.
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