• Ratiocinative

    Pronunciation

    • US IPA: /ËŒræʃ.ɪˈɑs.əˌneɪ.tɪv/

    Full definition of ratiocinative

    Adjective

    ratiocinative

    1. Pertaining to or characterized by ratiocination, discursive thinking, or inferential knowledge.
      • 1888, H.P. Blavatsky,The Secret Doctrine, Vol I, Theosophical University Press, page 1:Only those who realise how far Intuition soars above the tardy processes of ratiocinative thought can form the faintest conception ...
      • 1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 80:... bloodthirsty interest in the ratiocinative faculty ...
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