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

Despite the sudden flurry of interest in the Negro's plight, the spate of committees ordered to probe the ghettos' blight, and the rash of ratiocination in the press, Young warns that "time is running out."

From Time Magazine Archive

In the midst of all the postmortem ratiocination, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that climbing mountains will never be a safe, predictable, rule-bound enterprise.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer