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Thesaurus: questioning

adjective

  1. Eager to acquire knowledge: curious, inquiring, inquisitive, investigative. See investigate.
  2. Refusing or reluctant to believe: disbelieving, incredulous, skeptical, unbelieving. See belief/unbelief.

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WordNet: questioning
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a request for information
  Synonym: inquiring


The adjective questioning has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: perplexed (as if being expected to know something that you do not know)
  Synonym: quizzical

Meaning #2: marked by or given to doubt
  Synonyms: doubting, skeptical, sceptical

Meaning #3: showing curiosity
  Synonyms: inquisitive, speculative, wondering


Wikipedia: Questioning
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Questioning is a major form of human thought and interpersonal communication. The term may have the following specific meanings.

Many writers have suggested a strong connection between questioning and the construction of knowledge, as the more skilled the questioning, the wiser the results of the inquiry. Note McKenzie's article, "A questioning toolkit" at http://questioning.org/Q7/toolkit.html


See also inquest and query

Translations: Questioning
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - forhør

Nederlands (Dutch)
ondervraging, onderzoekend (b.v. gezichts- uitdrukking)

Français (French)
n. - interrogation, interrogatoire, remise en question

Deutsch (German)
n. - Vernehmung, Befragung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ανάκριση, υποβολή (επ)ερωτήσεων

Italiano (Italian)
interpellanza, interrogazione, interrogatorio, interrogativo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - interrogatório (m)

Русский (Russian)
пересмотр, допрос, вопрошающий

Español (Spanish)
n. - interpelación, interrogatorio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förhör

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
审问, 讯问

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 審問, 訊問

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 질문, 심문

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 質問する, 探究心の旺盛な
n. - 質問

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) استجواب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שאלות, תישאול‬


 
 

 

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