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RATIOCINATOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ratiocinator mean?
• RATIOCINATOR (noun)
The noun RATIOCINATOR has 1 sense:
1. someone who reasons logically
Familiarity information: RATIOCINATOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who reasons logically
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
ratiocinator; reasoner
Hypernyms ("ratiocinator" is a kind of...):
thinker (someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ratiocinator"):
analogist (someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy)
casuist; sophist (someone whose reasoning is subtle and often specious)
Derivation:
ratiocinate (reason methodologically and logically)
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