Rational
['ræʃ(ə)n(ə)l] or ['ræʃnəl]
Definition
(adj.) having its source in or being guided by the intellect (as distinguished from experience or emotion); 'a rational analysis' .
(adj.) consistent with or based on or using reason; 'rational behavior'; 'a process of rational inference'; 'rational thought' .
(adj.) capable of being expressed as a quotient of integers; 'rational numbers' .
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Definition
(a.) Relating to the reason; not physical; mental.
(a.) Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning.
(a.) Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man.
(a.) Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of formulae. See under Formula.
(n.) A rational being.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Intellectual, endowed with reason.[2]. Reasonable, just, right, equitable, fit, proper, agreeable to reason, according to reason.[3]. Judicious, sagacious, enlightened, sensible, wise, intelligent.[4]. Sane, in one's right mind, in one's sober senses.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Sane, sound, intelligent, reasoning, reasonable, judicious, sober, sensible,probable, equitable, moderate, fair
ANT:Insane, unsound, weak, silly, unintelligent, absurd, injudicious, fanciful,extravagant, preposterous, unreasoning, unreasonable, irrational, exorbitant
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Definition
n. the breast-plate of the Jewish high-priest: a pectoral worn by a bishop.
adj. pertaining to the reason: endowed with reason: agreeable to reason: sane: intelligent: judicious: (arith. alg.) noting a quantity which can be exactly expressed by numbers.—n. Rationabil′ity the possession of reason.—adj. Rat′ionable reasonable.—ns. Rationā′le a rational account of anything with reasons for its existence: a theoretical explanation or solution; Rationalisā′tion subjection to rational principles.—v.t. Rat′ionalise to interpret like a rationalist: to think for one's self.—v.i. to rely entirely or unduly on reason.—ns. Rat′ionalism the religious system or doctrines of a rationalist; Rat′ionalist one who believes himself guided in his opinions solely by reason independently of authority esp. in regard to religion—denying supernatural revelation.—adjs. Rationalist′ic -al pertaining to or in accordance with the principles of rationalism.—adv. Rationalist′ically in a rationalistic manner.—n. Rational′ity quality of being rational: the possession or due exercise of reason: reasonableness.—adv. Rat′ionally reasonably.—n. Rat′ionalness.—n.pl. Rat′ionals dress for women convenient for bicycling &c.—breeches instead of skirts.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Devoid of all delusions save those of observation experience and reflection.
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Examples
- She allowed him to separate himself from her, and he, after saying, 'Now Liz, be a rational girl and a good sister,' walked away. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- On the one hand, there is an identification of the moral with the rational. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I am waiting, however, with some anxiety, to hear the rational explanation of the difficulty which I have just had the honour of submitting to you. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- As he became rational, he ought to have roused himself and shaken off all that was unworthy in their authority. Jane Austen. Emma.
- That is a very rational notion, he said. Plato. The Republic.
- Elinor agreed to it all, for she did not think he deserved the compliment of rational opposition. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- In the first place, there is the opposition of empirical and higher rational knowing. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Hour after hour, I have dwelt on these thoughts, and strove to form a rational conclusion concerning the mystery of a future state. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This quality, therefore, consists in the relations of objects to intelligent and rational beings. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- The farmer, by this time, was convinced I must be a rational creature. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- I am rational again now, and you shall advise me. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- This self-taught American, to quote from the Edinburgh Review of 1806, is the most rational, perhaps, of all philosophers. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- She felt sure that her husband's conduct would be misunderstood, and about Fred she was rational and unhopeful. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I tried to calm him, that we might come to something rational; but he got hotter and hotter, and wouldn't hear a word. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- However, now I will destroy it alland it is my particular wish to do it in your presence, that you may see how rational I am grown. Jane Austen. Emma.
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