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Grammar : Verb
Spell : rash-uh-nl-ahyz, rash-nl-ahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈræʃ ə nlˌaɪz, ˈræʃ nlˌaɪz

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Origin :
  • 1767, "explain in a rational way, make conformable to reason," from rational + -ize. In the psychological sense of "to give an explanation that conceals true motives" it dates from 1922. Related: Rationalized; rationalizing.
  • verb make excuse; justify
Example sentences :
  • The end result is that one can only rationalize about his behavior.
  • Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers
  • I only knew what I was; nor could I rationalize on why I had become this way.
  • Extract from : « Each Man Kills » by Victoria Glad
  • Sitting in his living room, Raul tried to rationalize his own actions.
  • Extract from : « When the Owl Cries » by Paul Bartlett
  • I cleared my mind and tried to rationalize the things around us.
  • Extract from : « The Beasts in the Void » by Paul W. Fairman
  • I can't imagine how his mind works to rationalize for his behavior.
  • Extract from : « Jack of No Trades » by Charles Cottrell
  • “Dad, you could rationalize the national debt,” accused Penny.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Pact » by Mildred A. Wirt
  • Every new theory must take up into itself earlier doctrines and rationalize the earlier exceptions.
  • Extract from : « Creative Intelligence » by John Dewey, Addison W. Moore, Harold Chapman Brown, George H. Mead, Boyd H. Bode, Henry Waldgrave, Stuart James, Hayden Tufts, Horace M. Kallen
  • Is it possible to rationalize the at present chaotic will of mankind?
  • Extract from : « The Salvaging Of Civilisation » by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
  • He tried to rationalize the episode and revolved his conjectures over and over.
  • Extract from : « L-bas » by J. K. Huysmans
  • Its only mission is to justify- 60 - and rationalize as far as possible the iniquitous and absurd.
  • Extract from : « God and the State » by Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin
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