ratiocination
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French ratiocination, from Latin ratiocinatio (“reasoning, argumentation, a syllogism”), from ratiocinatus, past participle of ratiocinari (“to reason”)
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ratɪˌɒsɪˈneɪʃn/
Noun[edit]
ratiocination (plural ratiocinations)
- Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1
- He'd run in debt by disputation, \ And pay with ratiocination.
- 1916, New York Times, "Suffrage at Chicago"
- It is hard to follow the kinks of woman suffrage ratiocination.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1
- Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational.
- A proposition arrived at by such thought.
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Translations[edit]
process of reasoning
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References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989
External links[edit]
- ratiocination in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- ratiocination in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
