ratiocinationn.

Brit.

/ˌratɪˌɒsᵻˈneɪʃn/,

/ˌraʃɪˌɒsᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌræʃiˌoʊsnˈeɪʃ(ə)n/

Forms: 1500s raciocinacion, 1500s racyocynatyon, 1500s– ratiocination, 1600s ratiocynation, 1600s–1700s raciocination, 1600s–1700s ratiotination.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ratiocination; Latin ratiōcinātiōn-, ratiōcinātiō.

Etymology: < Middle French, French ratiocination action of reasoning, exercise of the faculty of reason (1495 as raciocination ) and its etymon classical Latin ratiōcinātiōn-, ratiōcinātiō action or process of reasoning, instance of reasoning < ratiōcināt- , past participial stem of ratiōcinārī ratiocinate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Italian raziocinazione (14th cent.).On the pronunciation see ratiocinate v.

a. The action or process of reasoning, esp. deductively or by using syllogisms.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [noun]

reasonc1330

skillingc1374

discourse?c1400

discursec1443

argumentationa1492

ratiocination1532

ration1548

discursion1603

discursiveness1647

discoursiveness1661

movement1869

1532 L. Cox Art or Crafte Rhetoryke sig. E.v Raciocinacion is that cometh of hope of any commodity, or to eschew any discommodity.

1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1344 Without any discourse of reason, or ratiocination.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 2 There are some truths so plain and evident, and open, that need not any process of ratiocination to evidence or evince them.

1713 tr. P. Poiret Let. to Mr. Le Clerc 5 in Divine Œconomy VI He had implanted in me some sparks of Divine Fear..with which I was always touch'd both before and without any previous act of Ratiocination.

1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. xxii. 145 Other men may amuse themselves with subtle definitions, or intricate raciocination.

1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. II. xvi. 447 We resort to Geometry, as the most perfect, and the purest series of ratiocination which has been invented.

1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. ii. i. 223 Reasoning, in the extended sense in which I use the term, and in which it is synonymous with Inference, is popularly said to be of two kinds: reasoning from particulars to generals, and reasoning from generals to particulars; the former being called Induction, the latter Ratiocination or Syllogism.

1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. iii. 55 He had not arrived at any one of the truths of his special gospel by the road of ratiocination.

1948 T. Heggen Mister Roberts iii. 54 It took him two days of steady, tortuous ratiocination to reconvince himself that he had made the right decision.

1968 M. Harris Rise Anthropol. Theory (1969) ii. 39 In general it was accepted that the grand mover of history and the prime cause of continuing differences in manners and customs was variation in the effectiveness of ratiocination.

1985 L. Hudson Night Life x. 139 The converger finds it natural to clear the decks for ratiocination, but does so at the cost of detaching himself from the intuitive insights he is bound from time to time to need.

b. An instance of this. Also: a conclusion arrived at by reasoning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [noun] > instance of

reasoning?a1425

ratiocinationc1620

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [noun] > product of inferring, an inference

consequentc1374

corollaryc1374

conclusion1399

consequencec1400

inductionc1440

collection1529

sequel1565

consectary1588

inference1612

sequence1614

ratiocinationc1620

introduction1632

upshot1639

sequency1642

consequency1651

deducible1654

consequentiala1734

generalization1794

educt1816

sequitur1836

c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) ii. xii. §2 The ratiocinative [conjunction] coples the partes of a ratiocination.

1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas 135 The Romanists must acknowledge [etc.]..or then they must foregoe these ratiocinations.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 195. ⁋1 The Learned World are very much offended at many of my Ratiocinations.

1742 Philos. Trans. 1739–40 (Royal Soc.) 41 254 This great phænomenon began, and..it brought half the people out to gaze at it, with great variety (no doubt) of passions and ratiocinations.

1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. ii. 301 In one [paraphrase], you trace the metaphysical ratiocinations of Arminius; in another, you recognize the bold conclusions of Gomarus.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. Pref. p. xi I have no apology, therefore, to make, for those inductions, or those ratiocinations.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xx. 516 The one a cool, a frigid ratiocination; the other, an awful and terrible reality.

1919 Times 11 Jan. 11/5 There ensues some characteristically mild Maeterlinckian ratiocinations, punctuated by more emphatic notes from a German lieutenant.

1983 M. Laski in Listener 20 Jan. 24/1 It sits more composedly against the intelligent ratiocinations of Cordelia than with the sensitivities of her poet-policeman.

2001 J. Stammers Panoramic Lounge-bar 24 So we were pleased To walk the free streets and follow Our merely quodlibetical ratiocinations In the sight of dead heroes and live tin-whistlers.

2. The power or faculty of reasoning; capacity to reason. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [noun] > power of

ratioa1586

ratiocination1615

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 655 They call that common which is referred vnto the vse of the whole and not of any priuate part onely, as are those operations called Animal, to wit, going, apprehension, Vision, Hearing, Smelling, Tasting, Touching, Imagination, Ratiocination & Memory.

1629 J. Reynolds tr. L. de Marandé Iudgm. Humane Actions vi. 304 If there bee any defect, they [sc. spirits of the blood] degenerate into capriciousnes, or weakenesse of braine and ratiocination.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 285 For us, that have ratiocination..we know we are here but in a thorowfare to another world.

1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 271 So infinite a Fancy, bound in by a most Logical ratiocination.

1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher III. 94 A lady of prodigious ratiocination as well as of profound information.

1823 N. Amer. Rev. July 123 Whether any of his majesty's courts of law now display..a higher reach of intellect or more profound ratiocination, than the supreme court of the United States.

1886 Olean (N.Y.) Democrat 18 Nov. 7/3 ‘Why, Harry, Bob Bennett didn't get either killed or wounded,’ said his mother with that defective ratiocination which it is a pretty woman's privilege to indulge in at her own sweet will.

1923 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 8 Aug. 6/2 Thought-translators, diviners of the innermost recesses of the personality and mentality and ratiocination of others, are those supremely gifted mortals.

2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) xiv. 341 Visionaries, notoriously, are quite free from ratiocination and devoid of insight.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ratiocination
释义	ratiocinationn. Brit. /ˌratɪˌɒsᵻˈneɪʃn/, /ˌraʃɪˌɒsᵻˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌræʃiˌoʊsnˈeɪʃ(ə)n/ Forms: 1500s raciocinacion, 1500s racyocynatyon, 1500s– ratiocination, 1600s ratiocynation, 1600s–1700s raciocination, 1600s–1700s ratiotination. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ratiocination; Latin ratiōcinātiōn-, ratiōcinātiō. Etymology: < Middle French, French ratiocination action of reasoning, exercise of the faculty of reason (1495 as raciocination ) and its etymon classical Latin ratiōcinātiōn-, ratiōcinātiō action or process of reasoning, instance of reasoning < ratiōcināt- , past participial stem of ratiōcinārī ratiocinate v. + -iō -ion suffix¹. Compare Italian raziocinazione (14th cent.).On the pronunciation see ratiocinate v. 1. a. The action or process of reasoning, esp. deductively or by using syllogisms. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [noun] reasonc1330 skillingc1374 discourse?c1400 discursec1443 argumentationa1492 ratiocination1532 ration1548 discursion1603 discursiveness1647 discoursiveness1661 movement1869 1532 L. Cox Art or Crafte Rhetoryke sig. E.v Raciocinacion is that cometh of hope of any commodity, or to eschew any discommodity. 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 1344 Without any discourse of reason, or ratiocination. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) i. i. 2 There are some truths so plain and evident, and open, that need not any process of ratiocination to evidence or evince them. 1713 tr. P. Poiret Let. to Mr. Le Clerc 5 in Divine Œconomy VI He had implanted in me some sparks of Divine Fear..with which I was always touch'd both before and without any previous act of Ratiocination. 1759 S. Johnson Prince of Abissinia I. xxii. 145 Other men may amuse themselves with subtle definitions, or intricate raciocination. 1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. II. xvi. 447 We resort to Geometry, as the most perfect, and the purest series of ratiocination which has been invented. 1843 J. S. Mill Syst. Logic I. ii. i. 223 Reasoning, in the extended sense in which I use the term, and in which it is synonymous with Inference, is popularly said to be of two kinds: reasoning from particulars to generals, and reasoning from generals to particulars; the former being called Induction, the latter Ratiocination or Syllogism. 1879 F. W. Farrar Life & Work St. Paul I. i. iii. 55 He had not arrived at any one of the truths of his special gospel by the road of ratiocination. 1948 T. Heggen Mister Roberts iii. 54 It took him two days of steady, tortuous ratiocination to reconvince himself that he had made the right decision. 1968 M. Harris Rise Anthropol. Theory (1969) ii. 39 In general it was accepted that the grand mover of history and the prime cause of continuing differences in manners and customs was variation in the effectiveness of ratiocination. 1985 L. Hudson Night Life x. 139 The converger finds it natural to clear the decks for ratiocination, but does so at the cost of detaching himself from the intuitive insights he is bound from time to time to need. b. An instance of this. Also: a conclusion arrived at by reasoning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [noun] > instance of reasoning?a1425 ratiocinationc1620 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > process of inferring, inference > [noun] > product of inferring, an inference consequentc1374 corollaryc1374 conclusion1399 consequencec1400 inductionc1440 collection1529 sequel1565 consectary1588 inference1612 sequence1614 ratiocinationc1620 introduction1632 upshot1639 sequency1642 consequency1651 deducible1654 consequentiala1734 generalization1794 educt1816 sequitur1836 c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) ii. xii. §2 The ratiocinative [conjunction] coples the partes of a ratiocination. 1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas 135 The Romanists must acknowledge [etc.]..or then they must foregoe these ratiocinations. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 195. ⁋1 The Learned World are very much offended at many of my Ratiocinations. 1742 Philos. Trans. 1739–40 (Royal Soc.) 41 254 This great phænomenon began, and..it brought half the people out to gaze at it, with great variety (no doubt) of passions and ratiocinations. 1776 G. Campbell Philos. of Rhetoric II. iii. ii. 301 In one [paraphrase], you trace the metaphysical ratiocinations of Arminius; in another, you recognize the bold conclusions of Gomarus. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. Pref. p. xi I have no apology, therefore, to make, for those inductions, or those ratiocinations. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xx. 516 The one a cool, a frigid ratiocination; the other, an awful and terrible reality. 1919 Times 11 Jan. 11/5 There ensues some characteristically mild Maeterlinckian ratiocinations, punctuated by more emphatic notes from a German lieutenant. 1983 M. Laski in Listener 20 Jan. 24/1 It sits more composedly against the intelligent ratiocinations of Cordelia than with the sensitivities of her poet-policeman. 2001 J. Stammers Panoramic Lounge-bar 24 So we were pleased To walk the free streets and follow Our merely quodlibetical ratiocinations In the sight of dead heroes and live tin-whistlers. 2. The power or faculty of reasoning; capacity to reason. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > process of reasoning, ratiocination > [noun] > power of ratioa1586 ratiocination1615 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 655 They call that common which is referred vnto the vse of the whole and not of any priuate part onely, as are those operations called Animal, to wit, going, apprehension, Vision, Hearing, Smelling, Tasting, Touching, Imagination, Ratiocination & Memory. 1629 J. Reynolds tr. L. de Marandé Iudgm. Humane Actions vi. 304 If there bee any defect, they [sc. spirits of the blood] degenerate into capriciousnes, or weakenesse of braine and ratiocination. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 285 For us, that have ratiocination..we know we are here but in a thorowfare to another world. 1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. vii. 271 So infinite a Fancy, bound in by a most Logical ratiocination. 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher III. 94 A lady of prodigious ratiocination as well as of profound information. 1823 N. Amer. Rev. July 123 Whether any of his majesty's courts of law now display..a higher reach of intellect or more profound ratiocination, than the supreme court of the United States. 1886 Olean (N.Y.) Democrat 18 Nov. 7/3 ‘Why, Harry, Bob Bennett didn't get either killed or wounded,’ said his mother with that defective ratiocination which it is a pretty woman's privilege to indulge in at her own sweet will. 1923 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 8 Aug. 6/2 Thought-translators, diviners of the innermost recesses of the personality and mentality and ratiocination of others, are those supremely gifted mortals. 2000 W. Self How Dead Live (2001) xiv. 341 Visionaries, notoriously, are quite free from ratiocination and devoid of insight. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1532
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