Associations to the word «Ratiocination»

Wiktionary

RATIOCINATION, noun. Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
RATIOCINATION, noun. Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational.
RATIOCINATION, noun. A proposition arrived at by such thought.

Dictionary definition

RATIOCINATION, noun. The proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism).
RATIOCINATION, noun. Logical and methodical reasoning.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.