Ratiocination
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ratɪˌɒsɪˈneɪʃn/
Origin
From French ratiocination, from Latin ratiocinatio ("reasoning, argumentation, a syllogism"), from ratiocinatus, past participle of ratiocinari ("to reason")
Full definition of ratiocination
Noun
ratiocination
(plural ratiocinations)- Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
- 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 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.
- Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational.
- A proposition arrived at by such thought.