rationalness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rationalness
Noun
  • Everyone who dies in the film—and everyone does die, including Santino (Marcelo Michinaux), Pedro’s young son—does so because Pedro and Jimi act without thought given to consequences, much less to rationality.
    Andy Crump, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
  • The rationality of purchasing the Pollio billboard has been debated since the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting first reported the MacKenzie Scott donation largely paid for it.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 31 July 2025
Noun
  • Judges rely on the expectation that litigants will maintain coherence in their legal positions.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
  • When designed intentionally, community enables coherence across sectors, accelerates the spread of ideas, and creates the kind of belonging that allows people to keep showing up.
    Denielle Sachs, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That same destructive logic now drives the hollowing out of the CDC.
    Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
  • However, the removal of the VEU exemptions shows that the same logic is unlikely to be applied to memory and chipmaking technologies.
    Dylan Butts, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Regardless of the reasoning, there’s just something positive about the success of arguably the franchise’s three most important people.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
  • And while Wings went through a succession of different lineups over the years, the reasoning for members leaving is touched upon but only somewhat satisfactorily.
    Caleb Hammond, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The underground man is someone who is cursed with ratiocination.
    Sean Illing, Vox, 9 Dec. 2024
  • No ratiocination similar to Parker’s point system.
    WIRED, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2023
Noun
  • Masterpiece remakes offer something very different, speaking to us with surprising urgency and cogency across time.
    Jim Shepard, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
  • The play echoes this ever-important sentiment but with far less cogency on an American stage.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Rationalness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rationalness. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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