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adj. - Based on exact thinking.

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Usage examples (38)
  • One's ratiocinative powers
  • When I use the word ratiocinative, it's because it is the correct word for the job.
  • The process is often described as a ratiocinative or inferential process, and from this standpoint is contrasted with deductive reasoning.
  • At first, in ratiocinative processes, its premises must cover little ground and be fully elaborated, and in the course of the deduction or induction there can be no...
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