ratiocination
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- ratiocinative adjective
Etymology
Origin of ratiocination
1520–30; < Latin ratiōcinātiōn- (stem of ratiōcinātiō ), equivalent to ratiōcināt ( us ) ( ratiocinate ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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Once again, using the obtuse ratiocination of her characters, DeWitt aims at nothing less than expanding readerly consciousness, gesturing toward a world of untapped possibility freed from convention.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2022
Certain things that happen before the age of reason exists beyond the reach of ratiocination.
From Slate • Nov. 23, 2011
But ratiocination isn't welcome in modern movies, which prefer visceral impact over intellect.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hardly anyone writes anymore in the Golden Age vein of Agatha Christie, John Dickson Carr and other proponents of the thinking-machine detective and the sort of plot one could dissect strictly through armchair ratiocination.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mr. Sharpe addressed him directly, asking if the boy were capable yet of ratiocination, or was become dumb.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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