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rationale - definition and meaning
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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The fundamental reasons for something; the basis.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The rational basis or motive of something; that which accounts for or explains the existence of something; reason for being.
- noun A rational explanation or statement of reasons; an argumentative or theoretical account; a reasoned exposition.
- noun Same as
rational , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An explanation or exposition of the principles of some opinion, action, hypothesis, phenomenon, or the like; also, the principles themselves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun an
explanation of thebasis orfundamental reasons for something - noun a
justification orrationalization for something - noun a liturgical
vestment worn by Christian bishops of various denominations
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Late Latin ratiōnāle, from neuter of Latin ratiōnālis, rational; see rational.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Around 1650-1650 from the Late Latin ratiōnāle, the neuter form of ratiōnālis ("rational, possessing reason").
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Examples
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He says his main rationale is that it provides justice for the victim's family.
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He says his main rationale is that it provides justice for the victim's family.
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Surely, 'Laughably' would be more apt given the report's rationale (I use the term rationale loosely).
First Read Domenico Montanaro 2010
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Surely, 'Laughably' would be more apt given the report's rationale (I use the term rationale loosely).
First Read Domenico Montanaro 2010
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Of these, the first three have more or less been OK moving to Santa Monica (well, at least the rationale is there).
Archive 2005-07-01 Ben Barren 2005
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Of these, the first three have more or less been OK moving to Santa Monica (well, at least the rationale is there).
Yahoo go Hollywood + Compton Drive-By Ben Barren 2005
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The rationale is that renters become home buyers when it makes economic sense to own rather than rent.
Renting in Ajijic 2009
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It is just another rationale from the Party of NO! for doing nothing.
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My rationale is as follows - there are lots of grain fields in this area so deer can get fat.
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To develop so strong a brand on so conspicuously threadbare a rationale is hugely creative – revolutionary even.
Related Words
synonyms (47)
Words with the same meaning
- account
- allegorization
- clarification
- cracking
- decipherment
- decoding
- demonstration
- demythologization
- editing
- elucidation
- emendation
- enlightenment
- euhemerism
- excuse
- exegesis
- exemplification
- explanation
- explication
- exposition
- expounding
- grounds
- illumination
- illustration
- justification
- light
- logic
- philosophy
- pretense
- pretext
- principle
- rational ground
- rationalization
- reason
- reason for
- reason why
- reasoning
- simplification
- solution
- stated cause
- the big idea
- the idea
- the whatfor
- the wherefore
- the why
- theory
- underlying reason
- unlocking
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