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Definition of Rationalizes
1. rationalize [v] - See also: rationalize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rationalizes
Literary usage of Rationalizes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Formal Bases of Law by Giorgio Del Vecchio (1914)
"And cannot the objection be raised against him equally that, by the "becoming"
which he rationalizes, since he refuses to see in it the progressive ..."
2. An Inquiry Into the Credibility of the Early Roman History by George Cornewall Lewis (1855)
"Thucydides in like manner rationalizes the belief of the Athenians in. their being
aino^doves, by saying that the barrenness of the soil of Attica rendered ..."
3. A Theory of Motives, Ideals, and Values in Education by William Estabrook Chancellor (1907)
"Organized by philosophy, which rationalizes religion, health assumes the character
of holiness, ... Thus philosophy rationalizes thought and action. ..."
4. The Modern Legal Philosophy Series by Association of American Law Schools (1914)
"And cannot the objection be raised against him equally that, by the "becoming"
which he rationalizes, since he refuses to see in it the progressive ..."
5. Syllabi of the American Society for the Extension of University Teaching (1903)
"But he rationalizes by presenting a purely spiritual view of Hell and Demons.
... But he rationalizes by representing Faustus as gradually losing his Soul ..."
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