📖 Definitions of "Rationalized"
- 1
To make something rational or more rational.
- 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
To remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.
- 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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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| explainedverb | (transitive) To make plain, manifest, or intelligible; to clear of obscurity; to illustrate the meaning of. |
| justifiedverb | Having 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 |
| rationalnoun | Capable of reasoning. |
| rationalised | Reorganised, made more efficient. |
| rationalisingverb | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalize. [To make something rational or more rational.] |
| reasonable | Not excessive or immoderate; within due limits; proper. |
| rejuvenated | Made young again. |
| simplifiednoun | Made 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. |
| streamlined | Having been made more simple and straight forward. |
| streamliningnoun | The process by which something is streamlined. |
| warranted | Deserved, necessary, appropriate. |
| rationalisationnoun | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalization. [(now rare) The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.] |
| rationaliseverb | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalize. [To make something rational or more rational.] |
| rationalistic | Of or relating to rationalism. |
| rationalistically | In a rationalistic manner; in the context of rationalism |
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