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Conservative voting i.e. altered related to reasoning (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cognitive

'related to reasoning' is the definition.
(relation to thought or cognition)

'conservative voting i e altered' is the wordplay.
'conservative' becomes 'C' (UK political abbreviation).
'altered' indicates anagramming the letters.
'voting'+'i'+'e'='votingie'
'votingie' with letters rearranged gives 'ognitive'.
'c'+'ognitive'='COGNITIVE'

(Other definitions for cognitive that I've seen before include "Knowing" , "perceptive thinking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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