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rationales
 
Noun rationale has 1 sense
  1. rationale, principle - (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature); "the rationale for capital punishment"; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"
    --1 is a kind of explanation
    --1 has particulars: dialectics
    Derived form: verb ratiocinate1
rational behavior rational criteria rational discussion rational motive rational number rationale rationale rationale and objectives rationales rationalisation rationalise rationalise away rationalism rationalist rationalist philosophy rationalistic rationalistics

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