(แรช'ชะเนิลไลช) vt., vi. จัดให้เข้าหลักแห่งเหตุผล, ขจัดradical (ดู) ออกจากสมการหรือค่าของคณิตศาสตร์, See Also: rationalisation n. rationaliszation n. rationaliser n. rationalizer n.
(v) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning, Syn. rationalize, justify, rationalise, apologise, excuse, Example:rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior; he rationalized his lack of success
(v) weed out unwanted or unnecessary things, See Also: cut out, cut back, Syn. rationalise, prune, rationalize, Example:We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet
(v) structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results, Syn. rationalise, Example:We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits
(v) substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of, Syn. rationalise away, Example:you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear--there is no poltergeist in the house!