ratiocination

[ rash-ee-os-uh-ney-shuhn, -oh-suh-, rat-ee- ]

noun

1. the process of logical reasoning.

Other Words From

• rati·oci·native adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ratiocination¹

1520–30; < Latin ratiōcinātiōn- (stem of ratiōcinātiō ), equivalent to ratiōcināt ( us ) ( ratiocinate ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

This is joining two probabilities by way of Ratiocination or Deduction; the result of which is a less probability than either.

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And, even when he sides with the opposite school, it does not mean that he trusts to any scientific process of ratiocination.

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The former would be ranked, in our distribution, among fallacies of generalization, the latter among those of ratiocination.

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At the same time I needn't say that in this affair that we're now in the middle of—there's no question of ratiocination.

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Abraham arrived at this belief through ratiocination and endeavored to convince others.

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