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English Dictionary: rationality by the DICT Development Group
2 results for rationality
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rationality
n
  1. the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"
    Synonym(s): rationality, reason, reasonableness
  2. the quality of being consistent with or based on logic
    Synonym(s): rationality, rationalness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Rationality \Ra`tion*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F.
      rationalit[82], or L. rationalitas.]
      The quality or state of being rational; agreement with
      reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason;
      reasonableness.
  
               When God has made rationality the common portion of
               mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure? --Gov. of
                                                                              Tongue.
  
               Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will
               never bear a rigid examination.               --Sir T.
                                                                              Browne.
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