ratiocination
Reasoning, conscious deliberate inferenceReasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
» Holmes used brain fatiguing processes of ratiocination.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
логи́ческое рассужде́ниеlogíčeskoje rassuždénije
(uncountable, usually)Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational.
(uncountable, usually)A proposition arrived at by such thought.
the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
Examples
2 sentencesHolmes used brain fatiguing processes of ratiocination.
It has been said that the principal utility of abstraction is as an instrument in ratiocination.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French ratiocination, from Latin ratiōcinātiō (“argumentation, reasoning, raBorrowed from French ratiocination, from Latin ratiōcinātiō (“argumentation, reasoning, ratiocination; a syllogism”), from ratiōcinātus (“reckoned”) + -tiō (suffix forming a noun relating to some action or the result of an action). Ratiōcinātus is the perfect passive participle of ratiōcinor (“to compute, reckon; to argue, infer”), from ratiō (“reason, explanation”) (from reor (“to calculate, reckon”), possibly from Proto-Italic *rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁- (“to put in order”)) + -cinor, modelled after vāticinor (“to foretell, prophesy”), equivalent to ratiocinate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: ratiocinations| Singular | ratiocination |
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uncountable
Synonyms
2 synonyms- the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism):conclusion
Word family
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