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A high percentage of organisations develop a military rationale, whereby only a very small number of people make all of the decisions. There is little wonder, then, that people aren't keen to get out of bed and come to work on a Monday morning.
Ricardo Semler

Meaning of "rationale" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RATIONALE

From New Latin, from Latin ratiōnālis.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RATIONALE

rationale  [ˌræʃəˈnɑːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RATIONALE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rationale is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RATIONALE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rationale

The term rationale may refer to: ▪ An explanation of the basis or fundamental reasons for something. ▪ Rationale, a liturgical vestment worn by clergy, in particular by Roman Catholic Church bishops.

Definition of rationale in the English dictionary

The definition of rationale in the dictionary is a reasoned exposition, esp one defining the fundamental reasons for a course of action, belief, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RATIONALE


banal
bəˈnɑːl
Bhopal
bəʊˈpɑːl
carl
kɑːl
corral
kɒˈrɑːl
Dahl
dɑːl
dal
dɑːl
ensnarl
ɪnˈsnɑːl
gnarl
nɑːl
halal
hɑːˈlɑːl
Imphal
ɪmˈfɑːl
Internationale
ˌɪntənæʃəˈnɑːl
locale
ləʊˈkɑːl
morale
mɒˈrɑːl
musicale
ˌmjuːzɪˈkɑːl
parle
pɑːl
riyal
rɪˈjɑːl
snarl
snɑːl
taal
tɑːl
toile
twɑːl
unsnarl
ʌnˈsnɑːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RATIONALE

ration card
ration coupon
rational
rational dress
rational number
rationalisable
rationalise
rationaliser
rationalism
rationalist
rationalistic
rationalistically
rationalities
rationality
rationalizable
rationalization
rationalize
rationalizer
rationally
rationalness

WORDS THAT END LIKE RATIONALE

ale
aquamanale
biennale
cor pulmonale
dale
female
finale
grand finale
hale
large-scale
male
pale
quale
resale
sale
scale
tale
the Internationale
vale
wholesale

Synonyms and antonyms of rationale in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RATIONALE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rationale» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rationale

Translation of «rationale» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RATIONALE

Find out the translation of rationale to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rationale from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rationale» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

全部理由
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

razón fundamental
570 millions of speakers

English

rationale
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तर्क
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأساس المنطقي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обоснование
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

razão fundamental
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

যুক্তিসহ ব্যাখ্যা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

justification
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rasional
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grundlage
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

理論的根拠
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이유
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

nyoto
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lý do
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காரணம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तर्क
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gerekçe
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fondamento logico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Uzasadnieniem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обгрунтування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Argumentare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σκεπτικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rasionaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

logiska
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rasjonale
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rationale

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RATIONALE»

The term «rationale» is very widely used and occupies the 18.996 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RATIONALE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rationale» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rationale» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rationale

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10 QUOTES WITH «RATIONALE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word rationale.
1
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Let us recognize that we can no longer tolerate violent oppression of women in the name of religion and culture any more than we would tolerate violent oppression espoused by any other bully in the name of a twisted rationale.
2
Rick Atkinson
In searching for a rationale to go to war, Bush settled on the notion of Saddam as an incarnation of evil, basically, and convinced himself that Saddam was fundamentally Adolf Hitler reborn. I think his feelings towards Saddam were in fact quite genuine and quite legitimately hostile. He was not play acting.
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Richard Attenborough
I do not have a brain that I long for in dealing with matters of which I am ignorant, that don't come within my ken and a rationale, a reason, and argument and so on, and I can't do that and I'm not in that bracket at all.
4
Ezekiel Emanuel
By establishing a social policy that keeps physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia illegal but recognizes exceptions, we would adopt the correct moral view: the onus of proving that everything had been tried and that the motivation and rationale were convincing would rest on those who wanted to end a life.
5
Francis Fukuyama
The rationale for tenure is still valid. But the system has turned the academy into one of the most conservative and costly institutions in the country. Yes, conservative: Economists joke that their discipline advances one funeral at a time, but many fields must wait for wholesale generational turnover before new approaches take hold.
6
Jared Harris
People are fascinated by evil because it's mysterious and it doesn't seem to have a rationale behind it, and the second you say that Hannibal Lector was abducted as a child and he had to eat his sister or something like that, it becomes immediately mundane. The character becomes mundane.
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Sebastian Junger
I think, unfortunately, we live in a world where people attack other people and I think a legitimate rationale for war is the saving of human life, the saving of lives of people who cannot defend themselves.
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Edward Kennedy
It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam.
9
Joseph Rotblat
The chief task was to stop the arms race before it brought utter disaster. However, after the collapse of communism and the disintegration of the Soviet Union, any rationale for having nuclear weapons disappeared.
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Ricardo Semler
A high percentage of organisations develop a military rationale, whereby only a very small number of people make all of the decisions. There is little wonder, then, that people aren't keen to get out of bed and come to work on a Monday morning.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RATIONALE»

Discover the use of rationale in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rationale and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Rationale of the Dirty Joke: An Analysis of Sexual Humor
These folk texts are authentically transcribed in their innocent and sometimes violent entirety.
G. Legman, 2007
2
The Rationale of Operative Fracture Care
Long awaited 3rd edition of a classic. Over 1,900 illustrations. Written by surgeons for surgeons. All chapters have been revised and updated to reflect the advances in fracture care.
Joseph Schatzker, Marvin Tile, 2005
3
A Rationale of Textual Criticism
G. Thomas Tanselle argues, on the contrary, that the two activities cannot be separated.
G. Thomas Tanselle, 2011
4
Second Language Vocabulary Acquisition: A Rationale for Pedagogy
Second Language Vocabularly Acquisition has the goal of comparing the effectiveness of the direct learning of vocabulary (through memorization) and the indirect learning of vocabulary (through context); it encourages an appropriate balance ...
James Coady, Thomas Huckin, 1997
5
The Art of Color: The Subjective Experience and Objective ...
In this book, the world's foremost color theorist examines two different approaches to understanding the art of color. Subjective feelings and objective color principles are described in detail and clarified by color reproductions.
Johannes Itten, 1974
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Rationale Management in Software Engineering
The chapters in this volume show how design rationale can be incorporated into the heart of the software development process - into requirements engineering, software architecture, and code design. (John M. Carroll, Edward M. Frymoyer ...
Allen H. Dutoit, Raymond McCall, Ivan Mistrik, 2007
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Rationale of judicial evidence, specially applied to English ...
Jeremy Bentham John Stuart Mill. CHAPTER IV. PARTICULAR EXEMPLIFICATIONS OF THE VICES INTRODUCED BY THE FEE-GATHERING PRINCIPLE INTO TECHNICAL JUDICATURE. In the ensuing chapters, the business will be, ...
Jeremy Bentham, John Stuart Mill, 1827
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Design Rationale: Concepts, Techniques, and Use
Design rationale refers broadly to issues in the methods, documentation, and communication of design thinking. This book offers the most comprehensive account to date on research into design rationale.
Thomas P. Moran, John M. Carroll, 1996
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Creativity and Rationale: Enhancing Human Experience by Design
Researchers, research students and practitioners in human-computer interaction and software design will find this state of the art volume invaluable.
John M. Carroll, 2012
10
Rationale for the Design of the Ada Programming Language
This book presents the rationale behind the design and development of the programming language Ada.
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RATIONALE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rationale is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Core Quality Measures Collaborative: A Rationale And …
Editor's note: The full list of authors for the Core Quality Measures Collaborative Workgroup is included at the end of the blog post. In today's health care system, ... «Health Affairs, Jun 15»
2
Hillary's rally and rationale: More Rodham, less Clinton
She intends to offer a more expansive rationale for why she believes she should be president, an argument that some Democrats believe she and her campaign ... «CNN, Jun 15»
3
Obama's legal rationale for war against Islamic State secret and …
The absence of an in-depth legal rationale takes on greater urgency with Obama's decision this week to dispatch up to an additional 450 U.S. military trainers ... «McClatchy Washington Bureau, Jun 15»
4
Seoul's Rationale for a MERS Rate Cut
SEOUL—Is it an overreaction for the central bank of a large, modern economy to cut interest rates because of an illness that has so far affected a few more than ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
5
De Blasio's Gang Rationale
Shootings are up in New York this year over last, as they are in many big American cities. So are murders. But not to fret, says Mayor Bill de Blasio. “I think it's ... «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
6
Rationale For Apple's Coherent Navigation Acquisition Extends …
Apple confirmed that it had purchased Coherent Navigation, a Bay Area-based startup that specializes in high-precision GPS technology, continuing a string of ... «Forbes, May 15»
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Verizon-AOL: The Rationale Behind $4.4 Billion Deal
The best way to understand Verizon Communications' $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL is to think of it in the mold of Comcast's 2010 purchase of NBCUniversal. «Variety, May 15»
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The rationale and history behind wearing '69' on your MLB uniform
When A.J. Cole made his major league debut for the Nationals last Tuesday in Atlanta, he gave up nine runs, four of which were earned, on nine hits, with one ... «SportingNews.com, May 15»
9
Boundaries commission explains map rationale, invites input
Justice Robert Stack (right), chairman of the electoral boundaries commission, speaks as part of a webcast Thursday where he explained the rationale for the ... «The Telegram, Apr 15»
10
Cabinet secrecy blocks rationale behind government's advertising …
A request under the Access to Information Act seeking any background rationale for the tagline, which is being used to punctuate all the latest taxpayer-funded ... «The Globe and Mail, Apr 15»

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