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ratiocinative

US/ˌɹæʃ.ɪˈɑ.səˌneɪ.tɪv/

ratiocinative adjective: pertaining to or characterized by ratiocination, discursive thinking, or inferential knowledge.

Adjective

ratiocinative (comparative more ratiocinative, superlative most ratiocinative)

  1. Pertaining to or characterized by ratiocination, discursive thinking, or inferential knowledge.
    • Only those who realise how far Intuition soars above the tardy processes of ratiocinative thought can form the faintest conception […]1888, H.P. Blavatsky, The Secret Doctrine, volume I, Theosophical University Press, page 1
    • […] bloodthirsty interest in the ratiocinative faculty […]1957, Lawrence Durrell, Justine, Faber, page 80

ratiocinative meaning in Bengali

ratiocinative in Bengali

যৌক্তিক বিচার, বিবেচনামূলক চিন্তাভাবনা

Forms of ratiocinative

comparativemore ratiocinative
superlativemost ratiocinative

Origin of ratiocinative

From ratiocinate + -ive.

Words formed from ratiocinative

Questions about ratiocinative

What does ratiocinative mean?
Ratiocinative means pertaining to or characterized by ratiocination, discursive thinking, or inferential knowledge.
What is ratiocinative in Bengali?
Ratiocinative in Bengali is যৌক্তিক বিচার, বিবেচনামূলক চিন্তাভাবনা. See Ratiocinative meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ratiocinative?
Ratiocinative is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ratiocinative?
Ratiocinative is pronounced /ˌɹæʃ.ɪˈɑ.səˌneɪ.tɪv/ (US).

Words near ratiocinative in the dictionary

  1. ratiocinates
  2. ratiocinating
  3. ratiocinatio
  4. ratiocination
  5. ratiocinations
  6. ratiocinative
  7. ratiocinatively
  8. ratiocinator
  9. ratiocinators
  10. ratiocinatory
  11. ratioed

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