ratiocination

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

/ ˌræʃ iˌɒs əˈneɪ ʃən, -ˌoʊ sə-, ˌræt i- /

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noun

the process of logical reasoning.

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Origin of ratiocination

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

ra·ti·oc·i·na·tive, adjective

The ratiocinative coples the partes of a ratiocination, and it either inferres the conclusion or the reason.
Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue|Alexander Hume
Either half of it, the Ratiocinative or the Inductive, would have surpassed any previous work on the same subject.
Review of the Work of Mr John Stuart Mill Entitled, 'Examination of Sir William Hamilton's Philosophy.'|George Grote
And of it ther be tuoe sortes, the one enunciative, and the other ratiocinative.
Of the Orthographie and Congruitie of the Britan Tongue|Alexander Hume
The eagle eye of his genius perceived intuitively what other men generally attain only as the result of ratiocinative process.
Tobias Smollett|Oliphant Smeaton

It would be absurd to say that the ratiocinative, literal mind is higher than the ideal.
Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez Codex|William E. Gates