ratiocination

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 See also 1.3.4 References 1.3.5 External links

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌratɪˌɒsɨˈneɪʃn/

[edit] Noun

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.

[edit] Synonyms

• reasoning

[edit] Related terms

• ratiocinate
• ratiocinative
• ratiocinatory

[edit] See also

• logic
• syllogism

[edit] References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

[edit] External links

• ratiocination in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• ratiocination in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911