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Recent Examples of ratiocination The underground man is someone who is cursed with ratiocination. Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024 No ratiocination similar to Parker’s point system. WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023 The reliance of reason vs. emotion, individual ratiocination vs. historical or social wisdom, may vary. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2012 Outside of pure math our powers of ratiocination are overwhelmed by subjective decisions along the chain of propositions. Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2013 Once again, using the obtuse ratiocination of her characters, DeWitt aims at nothing less than expanding readerly consciousness, gesturing toward a world of untapped possibility freed from convention. Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2022 At the same time that professional men of science were forming the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Poe was lambasting professionals in favor of splendid amateurism and personal ratiocination. Colin Dickey, The New Republic, 21 July 2021 The surface of the table was taken up with all sorts of paraphernalia superfluous, not to say impedimental, to ratiocination. Hermione Hoby, New York Times, 1 June 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ratiocination
Noun
  • The stakes are too high for systems that lack real-time reasoning and full contextual comprehension.
    Tarun Eldho Alias, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • That’s because the amygdala, a part of the brain that processes feelings, and the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for reasoning and self-control, may fall out of sync under these conditions.
    Nathalie Alonso, AFAR Media, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Certainty can be an illusion, especially when the logic at the heart of players’ arguments against ELC is that their eyes can track a small, yellow object moving at over 100mph better than a system designed to do only this.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • The logic was simple: Only adults could buy credit cards, so only adults could buy passcodes with credit cards.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 30 Apr. 2025

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“Ratiocination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ratiocination. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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