rationality
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5.4
- noun
- /ˌræʃəˈnælɪti/
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racionalidad
- Humans have the potential for rationality, a potential that is only realized where the environment permits.
- scientific rationality
- rationality and objectivity
- rationality and truth
In what kinds of forms do we find rationality or reason?
- In what kinds of forms do we find rationality or reason?
- What are you going to do with rationality if you don't have any free will?
- So yeah, I think rationality is widespread, and that's a good thing.
- Well, I liberate myself from the idea of rationality or logic.
- Our choices ought to be determined by what rationality tells us about the divine.
- Intuition is prime and then feeling is below rationality.
- I think it's a very emotional response coached in the mask of rationality and realism.
- You, you early on, you define reason or rationality rather as the use of knowledge to attain goals.
- So it's not all just rationality and thinking.
- God is the rationality and soul pervading the universe.
- OK, emotionally, like my level of rationality post midterm, post Uh huh.
- What is going to happen because of economic rationality coming from the importance?
Examples
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So yeah, I think rationality is widespread, and that's a good thing.
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The end of the era of miracles and romance and the beginning of the era of rationality, industry and science.
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In what kinds of forms do we find rationality or reason?
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I want to discuss the consequence of rationality in playing games.
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His view was that rationality belongs to the cool observer.
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Behind that calmness, I saw a cold rationality that would brook no argument.
Fiction book (2000) -
There's always been strong streak of rationality among the males in the family.
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However, the idea of separating out rationality from spirituality is fundamentally a Western construct.
Academic text (2008) -
Like Benjamin Franklin and the European Enlightenment, he believed in rationality - that scientific truth, like a Greek god, would cast ignorance to the floor.
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The ability to think critically and use rationality is crucial in solving complex problems.
Synonyms
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1.8
The ability to make good decisions in everyday life
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3.6
The ability to make sensible decisions in everyday life
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3.7
A quality of being fair, sensible, and showing good judgment
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3.7
The ability to make sensible, careful decisions
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4.9
Careful thinking and good judgment in making decisions
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4.6
Being careful and reasonable when making choices
Actions or ideas based on clear reasons and careful thought
How clear and correct a person's thinking or argument is
A quality of clear, correct thinking that follows facts and reasons
Antonyms
How Rational
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word rationality comes from the old Latin word ratio, which means 'reason' or 'calculation'. Think of it as the same root in the everyday word reason and in rational, so rationality means using clear thinking and careful judgment instead of emotion.