ratiocination

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From French ratiocination < Latin ratiocinatio (reasoning, argumentation, a syllogism) < ratiocinatus, pp. of ratiocinari (to reason)

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  • IPA: /ˌratɪˌɒsɨˈneɪʃn/

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Singular
ratiocination

Plural
ratiocinations

ratiocination (plural ratiocinations)

  1. Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
  2. Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational.
  3. A proposition arrived at by such thought.

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