Antonyms for rationalize
ˈræʃ ə nlˌaɪz, ˈræʃ nl-ra·tio·nal·ize

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1. apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationaliseverb

   defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

   "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

   Synonyms:
   justify, condone, apologise, explain, relieve, prune, excuse, beg off, vindicate, warrant, cut, let off, apologize, free, rationalise, exempt, absolve, pardon

2. cut, prune, rationalize, rationaliseverb

   weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

   "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

   Synonyms:
   veer, bring down, justify, snub, turn off, edit out, cut, burn, hack, trim down, apologize, write out, prune, thin, slue, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, shorten, apologise, cut off, edit, thin out, cut down, skip, abridge, reduce, rationalise, contract, foreshorten, dilute, curve, excuse, switch off, sheer, make out, geld, slew, tailor, turn out, clip, crop, disregard, issue, cut back, abbreviate, trend, snip, lop, dress

3. rationalize, rationaliseverb

   structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results

   "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"

   Synonyms:
   prune, excuse, apologise, cut, rationalise, apologize, justify

4. rationalize, rationaliseverb

   think rationally; employ logic or reason

   "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"

   Synonyms:
   prune, excuse, apologise, cut, rationalise, apologize, justify

5. rationalize, rationaliseverb

   remove irrational quantities from

   "This function can be rationalized"

   Synonyms:
   prune, excuse, apologise, cut, rationalise, apologize, justify

How to use rationalize in a sentence?

1. James Clapper:

   You could rationalize that it helps the Russians by obfuscating who was actually responsible.

2. Billy Joel:

   As an atheist you have to rationalize things... Then you have to try and make some sort of sense out of your problems. And if you try and find you can't, you have no choice but to be good and scared -- but that's okay

3. Alireza Miryousefi:

   President Saleh was the sweetheart of America and Saudi Arabia, it seems petro-dollars are promoting such reports in order to rationalize war crimes in Yemen as well as the oppression of Bahrain’s completely civil and popular protests.

4. Kampei Shimoide:

   Our project is in no way whatsoever being undertaken in an attempt to glorify, romanticize or otherwise rationalize the historical legacy of (the pilots).

5. Anthony Leiserowitz:

   Never underestimate the power of the human mind to rationalize its way out of reality, people are way more complicated because they come preloaded with all these prior beliefs and attitudes and values and politics.

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