Vocabulary : Ratiocinate to Rationalistic

Ratiocinate : To reason, esp. deductively; to offer reason or argument.
Ratiocination : The process of reasoning, or deducing conclusions from premises; deductive reasoning.
Ratiocinative : 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.
Ratiocinatory : Ratiocinative.
Ration : A fixed daily allowance of provisions assigned to a soldier in the army, or a sailor in the navy, for his subsistence. ;; Hence, a certain portion or fixed amount dealt out; an allowance; an allotment. ;; To supply with rations, as a regiment.

Rational : Relating to the reason; not physical; mental. ;; Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning. ;; Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man. ;; Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of formulae. See under Formula. ;; A rational being.
Rationale : An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or the like; also, the principles themselves.
Rationalism : The doctrine or system of those who deduce their religious opinions from reason or the understanding, as distinct from, or opposed to, revelation. ;; The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism.
Rationalist : One who accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also, disparagingly, a false reasoner. See Citation under Reasonist.
Rationalistic : Alt. of Rationalistical

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