{UAH} WORD OF THE DAY February 6, 2019- ratiocination

WORD OF THE DAY February 6, 2019

ratiocination    noun | rat-ee-oh-suh-NAY-shun     Definition   1 : the process of exact thinking : reasoning   2 : a reasoned train of thought   Scroll down for more about ratiocination      TRENDING NOW: suffragette abject bipartisan comity SEE ALL      PEOPLE ARE READING   Coffee? Coffee. Coffee!       'Mettlesome' — Video Word of the Day 2/5/2019     What Is the Plural of 'Still Life'?       'Condone' — Video Word of the Day 2/4/2019         WORD GAMES AND QUIZZES: WEEKLY CHALLENGE   Challenging Vocab Quiz   How many do you know?     PLAY NOW     Nailed this quiz? We have plenty more to try!  TAKE ME THERE         Did You Know?   Edgar Allan Poe is said to have called the 1841 story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" his first "tale of ratiocination." Many today agree with his assessment and consider that Poe classic to be literature's first detective story. Poe didn't actually use ratiocination in "Rue Morgue," but the term does appear three times in its 1842 sequel, "The Mystery of Marie Roget." In "Marie Roget," the author proved his reasoning ability (ratiocination traces to ratio, Latin for "reason" or "computation"). The second tale was based on an actual murder, and as the case unfolded after the publication of Poe's work, it became clear that his fictional detective had done an amazing job of reasoning through the crime.     Examples of RATIOCINATION   "It is beginning to look like television may soon kill not only the theater and the movies but radio, books, magazines, newspapers, and finally articulate speech and all the processes of ratiocination." — Aldous Huxley, letter, 14 Feb. 1949   "Ratiocination is a trained, disciplined procedure of arriving at truth—a use of reason and perspicacity so precise it's almost supernatural." — Virginia Heffernan, Wired, June 2018   Name That Synonym   Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of ratiocination: _ n _ el _ _ c _ i _ n.   VIEW THE ANSWER           WORD OF THE YEAR 2018     Justice + 10 more   Read why justice is our Word of the Year, plus lodestar, epiphany, pansexual, and 7 more top words!   SEE THE FULL LIST            MORE WORD FUN:     WORD GAMES          TRENDING NOW          WORDS AT PLAY      FOLLOW US:

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