Synonym: level-headed, logical, reasonable, sensible, sound, thinking. Antonym: absurd. Similar words: rationalize, national, educational, nationalism, international, organizational, constitutional convention, emotional. Meaning: ['ræʃənl] n. an integer or a fraction. adj. 1. consistent with or based on or using reason 2. of or associated with or requiring the use of the mind 3. capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers 4. having its source in or being guided by the intellect (distinguished from experience or emotion).
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121 Rational philosophy explored the human condition without the element of spirit.
122 Atheism, agnosticism and free thinkers are the products of rational thinking, skeptical inquiry and critical analysis, which severely put religious belief on the defensive. Dr T.P.Chia
123 A rational Congress would move quickly to close the gun show loophole.
124 These very norms, rules and standards are themselves open to rational criticism.
125 This implied that it was possible to construct a rational theory based on these objective laws.
126 Should they, then, be branded as spurious designators and banished from rational discourse?
127 There was a rational explanation for all this and, when Carol arrived, he'd discover what it was.
128 So the social contract is selfishly motivated; it comes about through our rational ability to perceive a personal advantage from it.
129 Some constructs may reflect pre-verbal bases of organization which can not be accounted for by rational explanation.
130 However, despite early adoption there have been considerable doubts as to the effectiveness of such rational approaches.
131 Lawyers are extorting money from audit firms on the principle that auditors are economically rational and settlements are cheaper than defences.
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132 There is also the fact that in our culture romantic love eludes both rational analysis and individual control.
133 In any case, Amiss's mind was racing, grappling with a situation devoid of any rational explanation.
134 They are all part of that continuing process of gaining experience in rational curriculum planning which forms the theme of this book.
135 Planning and the rational model fell into disrepute in the mid to late 1970s for a number of reasons.
136 The only rational alternative, I shall argue, is to adopt a structuralist approach.
137 Atheists are people who think for themselves and defenders of reason, and their conviction that God does not exist is making a significant contribution to the development of thinking, rational and open- minded people. Dr T.P.Chia
138 Capitalists resisted, which was an instinctive response, but also a rational one.
139 What this discussion reveals is the difficulty that the consumer faces in making a rational decision when it comes to sport.
140 Rational discourse on public policy is vital to a democracy.
141 She had achieved a balance between her vulnerable, nurturing, feeling side and the rational, assertive, analytical side.
142 It should be seen as seven functional stages of the budgetary process which take place in a political or rational context.
143 Studies using those that do exist provide little support for the rational expectations hypothesis.
144 Such beliefs serve to explain the system to its members: they make social inequality appear rational and reasonable.
145 One stresses that a rational and moral order can be created from a universally valid set of moral principles.
146 The simplified and more rational legal framework that it introduced is unified by some powerful principles that speak to those issues.
147 Reason is smarter and the mind is more rational under positive emotions. Reason is polluted and rationality is crippled by negative emotions. Dr T.P.Chia
148 We first consider tests of the rational expectations hypothesis in those relatively few cases when the expected variable is directly measured.
149 Grossman's analysis offers a more analytical treatment of why rational economic behaviour would require higher participation by higher income groups.
150 Some ways of keeping the discussion calm and rational: The Chair should be firm in not allowing people to interrupt each other.
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