as in reasonableness
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Recent Examples of rationality
Setting aside humanity, humility, charity, generosity, rationality, reality and other distractions, the Los Angeles fires add another element to what was already a fraught relationship between two egocentric political figures.
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
But transport yourself back to the early 20th century: at the same time that senseless World Wars were prompting Surrealists to lose faith in rationality, quantum physics came around, too, showing us yet another way in which common sense is good for little.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Her femininity and sexuality were contrasted with Octavian’s masculinity and rationality.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 Dec. 2024
Carr contended that liberals in the nineteenth century and again at Versailles thought that their international projects succeeded—and would again—because of the fundamental rationality of state actors and the harmony of their interests.
—Karl Polanyi, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
But transport yourself back to the early 20th century: at the same time that senseless World Wars were prompting Surrealists to lose faith in rationality, quantum physics came around, too, showing us yet another way in which common sense is good for little.
—Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Her femininity and sexuality were contrasted with Octavian’s masculinity and rationality.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 6 Dec. 2024
Carr contended that liberals in the nineteenth century and again at Versailles thought that their international projects succeeded—and would again—because of the fundamental rationality of state actors and the harmony of their interests.
—Karl Polanyi, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationality
Noun
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On the surface, this decision makes a lot of sense.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
17 Mar. 2025
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Rather than surprising the audience with the plane crash that sets off Death’s design, each iteration of the script opens with a sense of foreboding that something is wrong.—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Season 3 finds the brittle sanity of Navajo Tribal policeman Leaphorn (Zahn McClarnon, still deserving of an Emmy) eroding in the aftermath of the death of B.J. Vines (John Diehl) — a fateful figure with ties to his family.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The man known only as ‘B’ is half-mortal and half-god, cursed and compelled to violence, even at the sacrifice of his sanity.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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But with the criticism that canceling long-running shows attracts front and center of its mind, the corporation has already said that its investment in Scottish drama will rise to more than £95M cumulatively between 2026 and 2028, an average of at least £30M per year.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
18 Mar. 2025
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Here’s what the NWS says Texans should keep in mind to stay safe and prevent fires: Hold off on outdoor burning.—
Tiffani Jackson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In many cases, people stay together for the wrong reasons and continue to stay in relationships.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2025
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In recent years, Quinlin began to research equally noteworthy Irish people connected to Boston through many other reasons.—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Rationality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationality. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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