rationalize
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- rationalise (UK et al)
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
rationalize (third-person singular simple present rationalizes, present participle rationalizing, simple past and past participle rationalized)
- To make something rational or more rational.
- To justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. “The process of thought by which one justifies a discreditable act, and by which one offers to oneself and the world a better motive for one's action than the true motive”[1]
- (mathematics) To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.
- To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to make something rational
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to justify negative behaviour
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math: to remove radicals
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to structure along systematic lines
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References[edit]
- ^ 1949 [September 1942], Wilfred Funk; Lewis, Norman, “4 - Words for Mature Minds”, in 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary, New York: Washington Square Press, page p.29:
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Homophones: rationalisent, rationalises
Verb[edit]
rationalize
- first-person singular present indicative of rationaliser
- third-person singular present indicative of rationaliser
- first-person singular present subjunctive of rationaliser
- third-person singular present subjunctive of rationaliser
- second-person singular imperative of rationaliser
