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Ratiocination: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Ratiocination noun. Careful, methodical reasoning, one logical step at a time.
How to say it
rat-ee-oss-ih-NAY-shun/ˌratɪɒsɪˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
6 syllables, stressed on the fifth (NAY).
Ratiocination in a sentence
Edgar Allan Poe called his detective stories “tales of ratiocination”.
After an hour of ratiocination, he concluded the missing sock was inside the duvet cover.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- reasoning
- logic
- deduction
- cogitation
Where ratiocination comes from
From Latin ratiocinari, to calculate or reason, from ratio, reckoning.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
After an hour of _____, he concluded the missing sock was inside the duvet cover.
- taxonomy
- ratiocination
- corollary
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ratiocination: After an hour of ratiocination, he concluded the missing sock was inside the duvet cover.