Rationalizing can be categorized as a verb.
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| rationalize - remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized" | ||
| rationalize - think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize" | ||
| rationalize - 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 - defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success" | ||
| rationalize - weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet" |
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| 1. | verb | Man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalizing animal. | |
| 2. | verb | When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize. | |
| 3. | verb | Rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior. | |
| 4. | verb | He tried to rationalize his foolish actions. | |
| 5. | verb | Globalization has gone mad: why transport Spanish cucumbers to exterminate the Northern Germans when half of them live in Mallorca? We need to rationalize all of that and adopt a more solid method of bacterial decontamination. | |
| 6. | verb | Sociopaths rationalize the pain they inflict on others. | |
| 7. | verb | Sociopaths never feel remorse and they rationalize the pain they inflict on others. | |
| 8. | verb | He tried to rationalize his foolish actions. | |
| 9. | verb | Globalization has gone mad: why transport Spanish cucumbers to exterminate the Northern Germans when half of them live in Mallorca? We need to rationalize all of that and adopt a more solid method of bacterial decontamination. | |
| 10. | verb | Sociopaths rationalize the pain they inflict on others. | |
| 11. | verb | Sociopaths never feel remorse and they rationalize the pain they inflict on others. |
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| verb | |
| Man is not a rational animal; he is a rationalizing animal. | |
| When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize. |
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| Rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior. |
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| He tried to rationalize his foolish actions. | |
| Globalization has gone mad: why transport Spanish cucumbers to exterminate the Northern Germans when half of them live in Mallorca? We need to rationalize all of that and adopt a more solid method of bacterial decontamination. | |
| Sociopaths rationalize the pain they inflict on others. | |
| Sociopaths never feel remorse and they rationalize the pain they inflict on others. | |
| He tried to rationalize his foolish actions. | |
| Globalization has gone mad: why transport Spanish cucumbers to exterminate the Northern Germans when half of them live in Mallorca? We need to rationalize all of that and adopt a more solid method of bacterial decontamination. | |
| Sociopaths rationalize the pain they inflict on others. | |
| Sociopaths never feel remorse and they rationalize the pain they inflict on others. | |