rationality

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

reasonableness rationalness sense reason prudence logic reasoning coherence sanity soundness logicality common sense sapience self-control practicability
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Antonyms

bosh pap mania vice mistake deception
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Hypernyms

sanity logicality saneness logicalness

Phrases with the word

non-rationality acting without inclusion of rationality

Derivatives

-ties

Examples

his rationality may have been impaired Source: Internet

he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions Source: Internet

1940s: Intellectual exchange with Schutz, Voegelin, Dodd and other debates Parsons met Alfred Schutz (Schütz) during the rationality seminar, which he conducted jointly together with Joseph Schumpeter at Harvard in the spring of 1940. Source: Internet

Accordingly, faith is seen as pernicious with respect to rationality, as it interferes with our ability to think, and inversely rationality is seen as the enemy of faith by interfering with our beliefs. Source: Internet

Accordingly, faith is seen as complementing rationality, by providing answers to questions that would otherwise be unanswerable. Source: Internet

According to Zhao, Falun Gong practitioners have established a "resistance identity"—one that stands against prevailing pursuits of wealth, power, scientific rationality, and "the entire value system associated with China's project of modernization." Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

rationalistical rationalistically rationalisticism rationalizability rationalizable rationalization