ratiocination

ratiocination
Synonyms and related words:
abstract thought, act of thought, brainwork, cerebration, cogitation, conceit, conception, conceptualization, conclusion, creative thought, deduction, deductive reasoning, demonstration, discourse, discourse of reason, discursive reason, excogitation, headwork, heavy thinking, idea, ideation, illation, imageless thought, induction, inductive reasoning, intellection, intellectual exercise, intellectualization, judgment, logical thought, mental act, mental labor, mental process, mentation, noesis, philosophy, proof, rationalism, rationality, rationalization, rationalizing, reason, reasonableness, reasoning, sequitur, sophistry, specious reasoning, straight thinking, sweet reason, thinking, thinking aloud, thinking out, thought

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  • ratiocination — [ rasjɔsinasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1495; lat. ratiocinatio ♦ Littér. Action de ratiociner; argument ou raisonnement vain et exagérément subtil. ⇒ argutie. « où l on souhaite de la musique, on trouve de l éloquence et de la ratiocination » (A. Gide). ●… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Ratiocination — Ra ti*oc i*na tion (r[a^]sh [i^]*[o^]s [i^]*n[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [L. ratiocinatio: cf. F. ratiocination.] The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ratiocination — I noun analysis, argumentation, cerebration, cogitation, deduction, dialectics, intellection, intellectual ization, logic, ratiocinatio, rationality, rationalization, reasoning, thinking, thought II index contemplation, deduction (con …   Law dictionary

  • ratiocination — (n.) process of reasoning, 1520s, from L. ratiocinationem (nom. ratiocinatio) a reasoning, from ratiocinatus, pp. of ratiocinare to calculate, deliberate, from ratio (see RATIO (Cf. ratio)) + cinari, which probably is related to conari to try… …   Etymology dictionary

  • ratiocination — *inference Antonyms: intuition …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • ratiocination — Ratiocination. s. f. Raisonnement …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • ratiocination — (ra sio si na sion) s. f. Terme de philosophie. Action de ratiociner, d user de la raison. •   Pour les philosophes qui en ont écrit [de la science civile], leur ratiocination est d ordinaire si sèche et si décharnée que...., BALZ. liv. VII, lett …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • ratiocination — ratiocinative, adj. /rash ee os euh nay sheuhn, oh seuh , rat ee /, n. the process of logical reasoning. [1520 30; < L ratiocination (s. of ratiocinatio), equiv. to ratiocinat(us) (see RATIOCINATE) + ion ION] * * * …   Universalium

  • ratiocination — noun Date: circa 1530 1. the process of exact thinking ; reasoning 2. a reasoned train of thought • ratiocinative adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • RATIOCINATION — n. f. Action de ratiociner …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • ratiocination — noun /ˌratɪˌɒsɨˈneɪʃn/ a) Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning. b) Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational. Syn …   Wiktionary

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