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noun
Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational.
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Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
A proposition arrived at by such thought.
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noun
logical and methodical reasoning
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought
noun
the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: conclusion
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Broader terms: proposition
History
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.
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