rationalise
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results
We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits
Types & categories
- organize hypernym
Related & opposite
- rationalization derivation
Sense 2 verb
defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning
rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- justification derivation
- rationalization derivation
- justification derivation
- apology derivation
- justification derivation
- apologia derivation
- exculpation derivation
- apologist derivation
- apologetic derivation
- justificative derivation
- justifiable derivation
Sense 3 verb
think rationally; employ logic or reason
When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize
Types & categories
- cerebrate hypernym
Related & opposite
- systematization derivation
Sense 4 verb
remove irrational quantities from
This function can be rationalized
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- rationalization derivation
- mathematics domain topic
Sense 5 verb
weed out unwanted or unnecessary things
We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet
Types & categories
- eliminate hypernym
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rationalization |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | organize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | justification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rationalization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | justification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apology |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | justification |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apologia |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | exculpation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apologist |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | apologetic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | justificative |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | justifiable |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | defend |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | colour |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | plead |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | palliate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | systematization |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cerebrate |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rationalization |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | mathematics |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | restrict |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | reduce |
| 5 | also see | Related & opposite | cut out |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | eliminate |