ratiocination
[rash-ee-os-uh-ney-shuh n, -oh-suh-, rat-ee-]
noun
the process of logical reasoning.
Origin of ratiocination
1520–30; < Latin ratiōcinātiōn- (stem of ratiōcinātiō), equivalent to ratiōcināt(us) (see ratiocinate) + -iōn- -ion
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Related Words for ratiocinative
analytic, analytical, clear, cogent, coherent, commonsensical, compelling, congruent, consequent, consistent, convincing, deducible, discerning, discriminating, fair, germane, inferential, intelligent, judicious, justifiableExamples from the Web for ratiocinative
Historical Examples of ratiocinative
His mind is too full, too crowded, too ratiocinative, for easy and frugal utterance.
Plum PuddingChristopher Morley
The Kriton makes powerful appeal to the emotions, but overlooks the ratiocinative difficulties, or supposes them to be solved.
It would be absurd to say that the ratiocinative, literal mind is higher than the ideal.
Commentary Upon the Maya-Tzental Perez CodexWilliam E. Gates
The eagle eye of his genius perceived intuitively what other men generally attain only as the result of ratiocinative process.
Tobias SmollettOliphant Smeaton
Either half of it, the Ratiocinative or the Inductive, would have surpassed any previous work on the same subject.
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