rationalness

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Noun
  • Tap into desire—or, better yet, anxiety—and rationality goes out the window.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Such reactions may appear irrational under one standard yet reflect a form of rationality adapted to uncertainty, vivid impressions and limited information.
    Alejandro Hortal-Sánchez, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • At the same time, Iran and its partners have additionally embraced information warfare with far greater coherence than even the United States.
    Gaurav Srivastava, The Washington Examiner, 19 Apr. 2026
  • This is critical for maintaining coherence in quantum systems during longer computations.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • In the world of Kirkslop, there are no limits, or logic, to whom Kirk can or cannot be.
    Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The same logic applies here, at the trading layer rather than the payments layer.
    Bob Diamond, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Bowman, for his part, said his reasoning for bringing the pole up for discussion was much more mundane than some were suggesting.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • DeSantis’ latest reasoning emerged Monday — and the outcome could lead to blatant political gerrymandering in Florida and the elimination of the Fair Districts Amendment approved by voters in 2010.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 1 May 2026
Noun
  • The underground man is someone who is cursed with ratiocination.
    Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
  • No ratiocination similar to Parker’s point system.
    WIRED, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • In one of its most demanding assignments of recent memory, the San Francisco Opera Chorus led by John Keene embodies one population after another — monkeys, undersea dwellers, gods and heavenly hangers-on — and does it with power and cogency.
    Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2025
  • TikTok’s algorithm started swamping me with humanities grad students of varying cogency.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Rationalness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationalness. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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