The rationale behind certain New Age treatments can be dangerously wrong.
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Rationale
/ˌɹæʃ.əˈnæl/
Synonyms for "rationale" (129 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Noun(12 words)
Adjective(1 words)
biological explanation
Strong matches (39)
Noun(15 words)
explain verbexplainingexplanationexplanationsground a theorygroundinggroundsindispositionjustificationjustificationsjustify the claimjustify with evidencejustifyinglegitimizinglimited justification
Preposition(1 words)
for a reason
Adjective(5 words)
good justificationlogical demonstrationlogical groundslogical justificationlogical reason
Verb(2 words)
ground a hypothesisjustify claim
Related words (64)
Noun(23 words)
logical substantiationlogicsmechanismsmost securely groundedmotivationmotivepeak groundingpolicy impetuspolicy principlepresent a strong argumentpretensesprincipleprovide reasonspurposerationalesrationalizationreasoningrubric substantiationunderpinning ideavindication
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Verb(2 words)
make an argumentunderpins
Determiner(3 words)
more groundingmost electrical groundingno cause
motivephilosophypretensepretextprinciplepsychologypurposerational groundrationalizationreasonreason forreason whyreasoningrhymescoresimplificationsolutionstated causesubjectthe big idea
Adjective(5 words)
nonphysical evidencereasoned justificationstrong motivationsswedish grundtheoretical basis
Preposition(1 words)
with no justification
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7 entriesdesign rationaleexperimental rationalemarketing rationalemethodological rationalepolicy rationaleresearch rationaletheoretical rationale
Collocations
6 entriesclear rationaledesign rationalepolicy rationaleresearch rationalesound rationalestrong rationale
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
4 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
The rationale is simple.
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Be leery of those who claim someone is non compos mentis and let rationale be your judge.
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He fired me and offered a pretextual rationale for the firing.
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