Definition of rationality
rationalities
1 : the quality or state of being rational
2 : the quality or state of being agreeable to reason : reasonableness
3 : a rational opinion, belief, or practice —usually used in plural
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Each of these three philosophies or rationalities has its own distinctive historical and intellectual genesis, and the three survive alongside each other today, sometimes complementing one another, sometimes clashing.
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Sadly, Recorde wasn't lauded as a hero of rationality and math education in his lifetime.
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In China an authoritarian regime has sacrificed financial rationality to prop up the unsustainable growth rates that give the Communist Party its legitimacy.
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By noon, over 200 people were waiting in a line that stretched around the block, a line that showed no signs of tapering off with rationality.
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Fortune • Buy the Dip (or, Catch the Knife) Digital currencies suffered a broad and overdue correction after a rally that had lost any semblance of moderation or rationality in recent weeks.
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Fortune • Buy the Dip (or, Catch the Knife) Digital currencies suffered a broad and overdue correction after a rally that had lost any semblance of moderation or rationality in recent weeks.
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But the mogul has never allowed himself to be hemmed in by the dictates of rationality.
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This may be the final example of the worst part of the Obama presidency—namely, his persistent, unfounded belief in the rationality of his political opposition.
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First Known Use of rationality
1628
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