to rationalize
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6.4
- verb
- /ˈræʃənəˌlaɪz/
- US
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racionalizar
- They often rationalize their unhealthy eating habits by arguing that they deserve a treat after a long week.
- rationalize behavior
- rationalize actions
- rationalize decisions
We use language to justify, to rationalize, and to make the pieces fit.
- We use language to justify, to rationalize, and to make the pieces fit.
- Children are remarkable at justifying and rationalizing and blaming themselves.
- It's propagated in part by the desire to rationalize a strong taste for mint meat.
- It's just if the person wants it, they will rationalize to themselves all your good traits.
- So ethical fading is a concept where we're able to rationalize unethical behavior.
- So science has much support for this idea that we rationalize quite easily.
- So I I find all of this understandably, desperately trying to rationalize a difficult situation.
- So you want to socialize, minimize, rationalize, project and ask an alternative question.
- So they try to rationalize, justify.
- I, I think very few people set out to to be awful and they rationalize their behavior in a lot of ways.
- I think I spent, I spent so much time rationalizing why I never get invited to them.
- They tell these stories to rationalize why they don't go out and take the action that they should.
- You never though need to rationalize your own form of self protection.
- And so all these different fears causes her to try to rationalize past connection.
- So myself and a number of friends I know, we rationalize doing lots of things as hedging.
Examples
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I, I think very few people set out to to be awful and they rationalize their behavior in a lot of ways.
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Eventually, you would come to rationalize these events as minor flaws of character.
Fiction book (1994) -
But people could rationalize that it's a step toward that.
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So science has much support for this idea that we rationalize quite easily.
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We use language to justify, to rationalize, and to make the pieces fit.
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In subsequent conversations, B. attempted to rationalize her decision to break things off.
Fiction book (2000) -
And so for example, in natural disaster, people have different ways of rationalizing that trauma way.
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So ethical fading is a concept where we're able to rationalize unethical behavior.
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He tried to rationalize his decision to quit the job by saying he needed more time for his family.
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After forgetting her friend's birthday, she attempted to rationalize it by claiming she was too busy with work.
Synonyms
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1.0
To show why something happened
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3.4
To give good reasons that something you did is right
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2.5
Try to explain a mistake to make it seem less serious
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7.9
Try to explain strange events with normal reasons to dismiss other ideas
Phrasal Verbs
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7.9
Try to explain strange events with normal reasons to dismiss other ideas
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Etymology
Rationalize comes from the Latin ratio 'reason', and can mean to give reasons for your actions, often as an excuse. So when someone rationalizes, they try to explain or justify their behavior even if the reasons are weak or not true.