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Definition of ratiocinate in English: ratiocinateverb ˌraʃɪˈɒsɪneɪtˌratɪˈɒsɪneɪt [no object]formal Form judgements by a process of logic; reason. 〈正式〉推理 a tendency to ratiocinate in isolation Example sentencesExamples - If the candidate seems prepared to ratiocinate every policy question rather than apply values to its solution, that candidate will lose.
- Man is said, for instance, to be the ‘rational animal,’ but you won't find much ratiocinating among fetuses.
- His father, Alan Fry, was written up as the villain in these early times; an inventor whose ‘infuriatingly, cold, precise ratiocinating engine of a brain fuelled by a wholly egocentric passion.’
- Almost definitely two, actually, since she knew there were three new arrivals, and of course, she had already met one, she ratiocinated.
Synonyms think rationally, think logically, think straight, use one's mind, use one's common sense, use one's head, use one's brain, think things through, cogitate
Derivativesnoun ˌraʃɪɒsɪˈneɪʃ(ə)nˌratɪɒsɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n formal But Woolrich pretty much dispensed altogether with the ratiocination of traditional crime fiction. Example sentencesExamples - One fondly imagines that one reaches opinions by personal ratiocination, but of course many of them one inherits.
- Salisbury remained unmoved by the ambassador's ratiocination.
- One of his premises is that ratiocination is dependent on emotion, as mind is on body.
- I don't think it's circular, really, to rely on showing rather than on ratiocination as a bedrock for philosophy.
adjective ˌratɪˈɒsɪnətɪvˌraʃɪˈɒsɪnətɪv formal Stafford's over-arching description for this transition is the change from a visual to a verbal culture, from one based on the instructive power of sensations to one rooted in the ratiocinative skills of language. Example sentencesExamples - The opportunity law students get to compete in oral advocacy and presentation of cases in the most ratiocinative way still keeps the spirit of moot courts burning.
- Since this nature is rational and spiritual, reason is understood to be both ratiocinative and contemplative, but contemplation is the most sublime function of the soul.
- Modern detective fiction is usually traced back to Edgar Allan Poe's trilogy of short stories about C. Auguste Dupin, the archetypal ratiocinative sleuth, starting with The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
- The city being the media capital of Punjab has sharpened their ratiocinative faculties and given them sufficient opportunity to express themselves on social, economic, political, cultural and other issues.
noun ˌratɪˈɒsɪneɪtəˌraʃɪˈɒsɪneɪtə formal I've never learned enough about the details of his calculus ratiocinator to determine the answer.
OriginMid 17th century: from Latin ratiocinat- 'deliberated, calculated', from the verb ratiocinari, from ratio (see ratio). Definition of ratiocinate in US English: ratiocinateverb [no object]formal Form judgments by a process of logic; reason. 〈正式〉推理 a tendency to ratiocinate in isolation Example sentencesExamples - Almost definitely two, actually, since she knew there were three new arrivals, and of course, she had already met one, she ratiocinated.
- His father, Alan Fry, was written up as the villain in these early times; an inventor whose ‘infuriatingly, cold, precise ratiocinating engine of a brain fuelled by a wholly egocentric passion.’
- If the candidate seems prepared to ratiocinate every policy question rather than apply values to its solution, that candidate will lose.
- Man is said, for instance, to be the ‘rational animal,’ but you won't find much ratiocinating among fetuses.
Synonyms think rationally, think logically, think straight, use one's mind, use one's common sense, use one's head, use one's brain, think things through, cogitate
OriginMid 17th century: from Latin ratiocinat- ‘deliberated, calculated’, from the verb ratiocinari, from ratio (see ratio). |