Antonyms for rationalize
ˈræʃ ə nlˌaɪz, ˈræʃ nl-ra·tio·nal·ize

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1. apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationaliseverb

   defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

   "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"

   Synonyms:
   justify, condone, apologise, explain, relieve, prune, excuse, beg off, vindicate, warrant, cut, let off, apologize, free, rationalise, exempt, absolve, pardon

2. cut, prune, rationalize, rationaliseverb

   weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

   "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"

   Synonyms:
   veer, bring down, justify, snub, turn off, edit out, cut, burn, hack, trim down, apologize, write out, prune, thin, slue, trim back, trim, ignore, swerve, shorten, apologise, cut off, edit, thin out, cut down, skip, abridge, reduce, rationalise, contract, foreshorten, dilute, curve, excuse, switch off, sheer, make out, geld, slew, tailor, turn out, clip, crop, disregard, issue, cut back, abbreviate, trend, snip, lop, dress

3. rationalize, rationaliseverb

   structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results

   "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"

   Synonyms:
   prune, excuse, apologise, cut, rationalise, apologize, justify

4. rationalize, rationaliseverb

   think rationally; employ logic or reason

   "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"

   Synonyms:
   prune, excuse, apologise, cut, rationalise, apologize, justify

5. rationalize, rationaliseverb

   remove irrational quantities from

   "This function can be rationalized"

   Synonyms:
   prune, excuse, apologise, cut, rationalise, apologize, justify

How to use rationalize in a sentence?

1. Donald Trump:

   One of the important elements of this plan revises the current tax code to eliminate the disincentive for re-entry into the work force, women, who are disproportionately most likely to step out of the work force to provide unpaid care, often lack the ability to return to work because it can be hard to rationalize stepping back into the work force and incurring the enormous expense of child care when you are also making less than the primary earner in your home yet taxed at the highest household rate.

2. Hani Mowafi:

   While efforts have been made to rationalize distribution of resources, the repeated attacks on health facilities as well as the loss of personnel have caused many facilities to shutter their doors and to fear sharing any data with research personnel for fear that it could be used to target them.

3. Kevin McKay:

   There's just this kind of relentless punishment that kind of keeps coming, to rationalize it, all I can say is Mother Earth is definitely fighting back here.

4. Paul Hudson:

   With Uber and Lyft becoming public companies, shareholders will expect them to rationalize prices on rides toward sustainable levels.

5. Campbell Police Capt. Ian White:

   Wesley Charles Martines tried to rationalize everything, insisting there was no ill-intent, once again, law enforcement saved lives before the blood and tears flowed.

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