ratiocinative

1. 1.

   based on exact thinking

   “one's ratiocinative powers”

   Similarlogical

Questions about ratiocinative

What does ratiocinative mean?

ratiocinative means "based on exact thinking".

How many syllables are in ratiocinative?

ratiocinative has 6 syllables and divides as ra-ti-o-ci-na-tive under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is ratiocinative a common word?

ratiocinative is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.