line of thought

1. 1.

   a particular way of thinking that is characteristic of some individual or group

   Broaderthinking

Questions about line of thought

What does line of thought mean?

line of thought means "a particular way of thinking that is characteristic of some individual or group".

Is line of thought a common word?

line of thought is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.