Dictionary Entry
rationalize
rationalize is a 11-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism. Face value is 20 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 20 · Words With Friends 22 · 10 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism.
- 2transitive verb
To interpret in the manner of a rationalist.
- 3transitive verb
To form a rational conception of.
- 4transitive verb
To render rational; to free from radical signs or quantities.
- 5intransitive verb
To use, and rely on, reason in forming a theory, belief, etc., especially in matters of religion: to accord with the principles of rationalism.
- 6verb
weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
"We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
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- 7verb
remove irrational quantities from
"This function can be rationalized"
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- 8verb
think rationally; employ logic or reason
"When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"
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- 9verb
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
"rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"
"he rationalized his lack of success"
- 10verb
structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results
"We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"
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