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[ rash-ee-os-uh-ney-shuhn, -oh-suh-, rat-ee- ] / ˌræʃ iˌɒs əˈneɪ ʃən, -ˌoʊ sə-, ˌræt i- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ratiocination ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe process of logical reasoning. Origin of ratiocination1520–30; <Latin ratiōcinātiōn- (stem of ratiōcinātiō), equivalent to ratiōcināt(us) (see ratiocinate) + -iōn--ion OTHER WORDS FROM ratiocinationra·ti·oc·i·na·tive, adjectiveDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for ratiocinationEither 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 No ratiocinative deduction can be more incontestable than that, since I have thoughts, there must be an I to have them. Old-Fashioned Ethics and Common-Sense Metaphysics|William Thomas Thornton 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 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
Words related to ratiocinationargumentation, coherence, inference, rationale, relationship, deduction, philosophy, syllogism, connection, sanity, reason, rationality, thesis, sense, dialectic, induction, linkage, syllogistics, train of thought |