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RATIONALNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being consistent with or based on logic
Synonyms:
rationality; rationalness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("rationalness" is a kind of...):
logicality; logicalness (correct and valid reasoning)
Derivation:
rational (having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion))
rational (consistent with or based on or using reason)
rational (capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers)