Learn English – Is logicalness a valid word and if not what word can be used instead

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I've never heard anyone use the word logicalness, however, it is listed in some online dictionaries (1, 2, 3), but not others (4). If it is not a word, what word can be used instead?

Best Answer

It's a perfectly normal, actual word, even though it's uncommon.

Logicalness is defined by Princeton WordNet as:

logicalness (noun)

correct and valid reasoning

It also provides the synonym logicality.

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, logicalness and logicality are the corresponding nouns to the adjective logical.

By the way, your fourth link does not list logicalness, but does include logicality under logical.