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Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process.

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  1. a. Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of propositions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process.
  2. adj. based on exact thinking
  3. Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting in the comparison of proportions or facts, and the deduction of inferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinative process. The ratiocinative meditativeness of his character. Coleridge.
  4. Characterized by, or addicted to, ratiocination; consisting inthe comparison of proportions or facts, and the deduction ofinferences from the comparison; argumentative; as, a ratiocinativeprocess.The ratiocinative meditativeness of his character. Coleridge.
  5. s. based on exact thinking