What is another word for ratiocinative?

Pronunciation: [ɹˈatɪˌɒsɪnətˌɪv] (IPA)

The word "ratiocinative" refers to the ability to reason logically. Some synonyms for this word include analytical, rational, coherent, deductive, and logical. Analytical refers to the ability to break down complex ideas into smaller parts to better understand them. Rational refers to the ability to think clearly and logically about a situation. Coherent implies a sense of clarity and organization in one's thoughts. Deductive refers to the process of drawing logical conclusions based on a premise. Logical refers to the use of reasoning and evidence to support a conclusion. All of these words share the idea of using logical reasoning to solve problems and make decisions.

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What are the opposite words for ratiocinative?

Ratiocinative means using reasoning or logic to come to a conclusion. Some antonyms for ratiocinative would be intuitive, irrational, or impulsive. An intuitive person makes decisions based on feelings or instincts rather than logical thinking, while an irrational person may make decisions that go against logic or reason. An impulsive person acts without thinking about the consequences of their actions. Instead of using logical thinking to solve problems, they tend to act on their impulses. These antonyms show that there are different ways of approaching problems and decision-making, and that logical thinking is not always the most effective method.

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Usage examples for Ratiocinative

Again, in her essay on 'Heinrich Heine,' George Eliot thus defines the difference between humour and wit: "Humour is of earlier growth than wit, and it is in accordance with this earlier growth that it has more affinity with the poetic tendencies, while wit is more nearly allied to the ratiocinative intellect.
"George Eliot"
Mathilde Blind
A System of Logic, ratiocinative and Inductive.
"Roumania Past and Present"
James Samuelson
These principles, for the most part, are so embedded in our ratiocinative instincts, that they are employed quite unconsciously, and can be dragged to light only by much patient effort.
"Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays"
Bertrand Russell

Famous quotes with Ratiocinative

  • MR. PANSCOPE. (.) I have heard, with the most profound attention, everything which the gentleman on the other side of the table has thought proper to advance on the subject of human deterioration; and I must take the liberty to remark, that it augurs a very considerable degree of presumption in any individual, to set himself up against the of so many great men, as may be marshalled in metaphysical phalanx under the opposite banners of the controversy; such as Aristotle, Plato, the scholiast on Aristophanes, St Chrysostom, St Jerome, St Athanasius, Orpheus, Pindar, Simonides, Gronovius, Hemsterhusius, Longinus, Sir Isaac Newton, Thomas Paine, Doctor Paley, the King of Prussia, the King of Poland, Cicero, Monsieur Gautier, Hippocrates, Machiavelli, Milton, Colley Cibber, Bojardo, Gregory Nazianzenus, Locke, D'Alembert, Boccaccio, Daniel Defoe, Erasmus, Doctor Smollett, Zimmermann, Solomon, Confucius, Zoroaster, and Thomas-a-Kempis. MR. ESCOT. I presume, sir, you are one of those who value an more than a reason. MR. PANSCOPE. The , sir, of all these great men, whose works, as well as the whole of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, the entire series of the Monthly Review, the complete set of the Variorum Classics, and the Memoirs of the Academy of Inscriptions, I have read through from beginning to end, deposes, with irrefragable refutation, against your ratiocinative speculations, wherein you seem desirous, by the futile process of analytical dialectics, to subvert the pyramidal structure of synthetically deduced opinions, which have withstood the secular revolutions of physiological disquisition, and which I maintain to be transcendentally self-evident, categorically certain, and syllogistically demonstrable. SQUIRE HEADLONG. Bravo! Pass the bottle. The very best speech that ever was made. MR. ESCOT. It has only the slight disadvantage of being unintelligible. MR. PANSCOPE. I am not obliged, Sir, as Dr Johnson remarked on a similar occasion, to furnish you with an understanding. MR. ESCOT. I fear, Sir, you would have some difficulty in furnishing me with such an article from your own stock. MR. PANSCOPE. 'Sdeath, Sir, do you question my understanding? MR. ESCOT. I only question, Sir, where I expect a reply, which from what manifestly has no existence, I am not visionary enough to anticipate. MR. PANSCOPE. I beg leave to observe, sir, that my language was perfectly perspicuous, and etymologically correct; and, I conceive, I have demonstrated what I shall now take the liberty to say in plain terms, that all your opinions are extremely absurd. MR. ESCOT. I should be sorry, sir, to advance any opinion that you would not think absurd. MR. PANSCOPE. Death and fury, Sir! MR. ESCOT. Say no more, Sir - that apology is quite sufficient. MR. PANSCOPE. Apology, Sir? MR. ESCOT. Even so, Sir. You have lost your temper, which I consider equivalent to a confession that you have the worst of the argument. MR. PANSCOPE. Lightnings and devils!
    Thomas Love Peacock

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