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Rationalize   /rˈæʃənəlˌaɪz/   Listen
verb
Rationalize  v. t.  
1.
To make rational; also, to convert to rationalism.
2.
To interpret in the manner of a rationalist.
3.
To form a rational conception of.
4.
(Alg.) To render rational; to free from radical signs or quantities.


Rationalize  v. i.  To use, and rely on, reason in forming a theory, belief, etc., especially in matters of religion: to accord with the principles of rationalism. "Theodore... is justly considered the chief rationalizing doctor of antiquity."





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"Rationalize" Quotes from Famous Books



... Social Theory, p. 142.] Coercion is the surd in almost all social theory, except the Machiavellian. The temptation to ignore it, because it is absurd, inexpressible, and unmanageable, becomes overwhelming in any man who is trying to rationalize ...
— Public Opinion • Walter Lippmann
... difference, then, between these three conceptions of the Ultimate is that in Buddhism the effort to rationalize and ethicize the universe of experience is abandoned as a hopeless task; the world entirely and completely resists the rational and ethical process. The universe is pronounced completely irrational and non-moral. Change is branded ...
— Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic • Sidney L. Gulick
... a tendency in the modern philosophy of religion (for example, in Mr. Balfour's Foundations of Belief) to rationalize inspired revelation and to explain it as altogether kindred to the apparently magical intuitions of natural genius in non-religious matters; as the result, in other words, of a rending asunder of ...
— The Faith of the Millions (2nd series) • George Tyrrell
... taking responsibility, and so on, the dice are weighted in favor of the continuation of such conduct when reason controls. The child has then only to enlarge his view, build up his principles in accord with conduct already in operation—he needs only to rationalize what he already possesses. On the other hand, if during early years his conduct violates moral law, he is in the grip of habits of great strength which will result in two dangers. He may be blind to the other side, he may not realize how his conduct violates the laws of social progress; or, knowing, ...
— How to Teach • George Drayton Strayer and Naomi Norsworthy


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