ratiocination

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Once again, using the obtuse ratiocination of her characters, DeWitt aims at nothing less than expanding readerly consciousness, gesturing toward a world of untapped possibility freed from convention.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2022

Certain things that happen before the age of reason exists beyond the reach of ratiocination.

From Slate • Nov. 23, 2011

But ratiocination isn't welcome in modern movies, which prefer visceral impact over intellect.

From Time Magazine Archive

Poussin's pictorial thought -- for he was, supremely, a thinking painter, to whom ratiocination was the very breath of creativity -- was formed by two powerful influences.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mr. Sharpe addressed him directly, asking if the boy were capable yet of ratiocination, or was become dumb.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson