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RATIOCINATOR

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who reasons logically

Synonyms:

ratiocinator; reasoner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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