ratiocinative
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- adjective
- /ˌrætiˈoʊsɪˌneɪtɪv/
- Archaic
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raciocinativo
- The scientist used a ratiocinative approach to solve the complex problem.
Examples
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It was just then, at that moment, somewhere between sleep and waking, in that ratiocinative realm between reason and imagination, that I found the answers to the questions I had been pondering in all their awesome and awful simplicity.
Fiction book (1997) -
The owner is calmly smoking a cigarette, apparently engaged in some remote and subtle ratiocinative process.
Blog text (22) -
For example, it only makes sense to apply literally the style or form descriptors "ratiocinative versus hard-boiled" to detection fictions, but not to landscape films.
Academic text (1998) -
In his ratiocinative manner, he carefully analyzed each argument before making a decision.
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Her ratiocinative skills enabled her to dissect the flawed logic in the debate.
Synonyms
Relating to reasoning that draws conclusions from evidence
Antonyms
How Logical
Surface Forms
Morphology
ratiocinative = ratiocinate (semi-transparent) = ratiocinate + ive
Formally a regular adjectival derivation from the verb 'ratiocinate', but both the base and the combining form are fairly rare and Latinate, so the relation may not be obvious to average learners.
Etymology
Ratiocinative comes from the Latin root ratio, which means 'reason' or 'calculation' and is the same idea behind the word rational. So, ratiocinative describes thinking that is careful and based on exact, logical reasoning.