What does rationalize mean?
Definitions for rationalize
ˈræʃ ə nlˌaɪz, ˈræʃ nl-ra·tio·nal·ize
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Princeton's WordNet
apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationaliseverb
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
"rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
cut, prune, rationalize, rationaliseverb
weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
"We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
rationalize, rationaliseverb
structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results
"We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"
rationalize, rationaliseverb
think rationally; employ logic or reason
"When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"
rationalize, rationaliseverb
remove irrational quantities from
"This function can be rationalized"
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rationalize
Rationalize is a mathematical process used to eliminate square roots, cube roots or any other roots in the denominator of a fraction to make it simpler and easier to deal with. It also refers to attempting to justify behaviors, decisions, or attitudes with logical reasons, even if these are not appropriate or relevant.
Webster Dictionary
Rationalizeverb
to make rational; also, to convert to rationalism
Rationalizeverb
to interpret in the manner of a rationalist
Rationalizeverb
to form a rational conception of
Rationalizeverb
to render rational; to free from radical signs or quantities
Rationalizeverb
to use, and rely on, reason in forming a theory, belief, etc., especially in matters of religion: to accord with the principles of rationalism
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realization
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of rationalize in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of rationalize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of rationalize in a Sentence
There's just this kind of relentless punishment that kind of keeps coming, to rationalize it, all I can say is Mother Earth is definitely fighting back here.
As an atheist you have to rationalize things... Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can't, you have no choice but to be good and scared -- but that's okay
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis:
Our government is eager to rationalize the pension system (for example, by limiting early retirement), proceed with partial privatization of public assets, ...create a fully independent tax commission.
I'd be surprised if it went any lower... I don't think there will be a significant uptick but I think it will rationalize and stabilize over few quarters.
The branch of logic is the husband of all sciences. It is indispensable to rationalize them but alone is arid and does not generate the child that is knowledge.
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