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Rationalized

To make something rational or more rational.

📖 Definitions of "Rationalized"

verb
  1. 1

    To make something rational or more rational.

  2. 2

    To justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. “The process of thought by which one justifies a discreditable act, and by which one offers to oneself and the world a better motive for one's action than the true motive”

  3. 3

    To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.

  4. 4

    To structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles. This often includes eliminating duplication and grouping like or similar items.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Rationalized"

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WordDefinition
explainedverb(transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of.
justifiedverbHaving a justification.
leanverb(intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
likenedverb(transitive) Followed by to or (archaic) unto: to regard or state that (someone or something) is like another person or thing; to compare.
mainstreamed(of the handicapped) placed in regular school classes
rationalnounCapable of reasoning.
rationalisedReorganised, made more efficient.
rationalisingverbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalize. [To make something rational or more rational.]
reasonableNot excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper.
rejuvenatedMade young again.
simplifiednounMade more simple; having its complexity reduced.
soundverb(transitive) To cause to produce a sound.
streamlineverb(transitive) To design and construct the contours of a vehicle etc. so as to offer the least resistance to its flow through a fluid.
streamlinedHaving been made more simple and straight forward.
streamliningnounThe process by which something is streamlined.
warrantedDeserved, necessary, appropriate.
rationalisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalization. [(now rare) The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.]
rationaliseverbNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalize. [To make something rational or more rational.]
rationalisticOf or relating to rationalism.
rationalisticallyIn a rationalistic manner; in the context of rationalism

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