RATIONALNESS Synonyms: 30 Similar and Opposite Words

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These episodes cemented the importance of behavioral economics, revealing that human behavior often deviates from pure rationality, underscoring the need for robust financial regulation alongside monetary policy.

— Hersh Shefrin, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
But that would imply a level of awareness and rationality that many within left-wing sports media organizations simply do not possess.

— Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026

Definition of rationality

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The leader who takes bodyful ownership of their life and enacts disciplined practices to sense its rhythms will not only enjoy greater harmony and wellbeing but bring greater coherence to their work and to their world.

— Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Somehow, the mess of my notes resists all forms of optimization, or even coherence.

— Rainesford Stauffer, Time, 24 July 2026

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Known as programmable logic controllers, these devices can be used like an industrial version of home thermostats.

— AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 6 Aug. 2026
The hackers accessed small computers called programmable logic controllers at the water systems that operate all sorts of industrial equipment.

— William Akoto, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of logic

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This emergent behavior by agents single-mindedly focused on accomplishing their goals combined with powerful reasoning models is cause for even greater concern than previously revealed.

— Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
To follow Bessent’s reasoning, then, ordinary American consumers got charged billions of dollars to pay for a tax cut that put pennies in their pockets.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of reasoning

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In one of its most demanding assignments of recent memory, the San Francisco Opera Chorus led by John Keene embodies one population after another — monkeys, undersea dwellers, gods and heavenly hangers-on — and does it with power and cogency.

— Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2025
TikTok’s algorithm started swamping me with humanities grad students of varying cogency.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025

Definition of cogency

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