ratiocination

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹætɪˌɒsɪˈneɪʃn̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɹætiˌɑsiˈneɪʃn̩/, /ɹæʃi-/ Hyphenation: ra‧ti‧o‧ci‧na‧tion === Noun === ratiocination (usually uncountable, plural ratiocinations) Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning. Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational. A proposition arrived at by such thought. ==== Synonyms ==== reasoning ==== Related terms ==== ratiocinate ratiocinative ratiocinatively ratiocinator ratiocinatory ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== logic syllogism === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “ratiocination”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Further reading === reason on Wikipedia.Wikipedia William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “ratiocination”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “ratiocination”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === ratiocination f (plural ratiocinations) ratiocination === Further reading === “ratiocination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012