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rationale
Overview of noun rationale
The noun rationale has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (3) 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")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rationale
1 sense of rationale
Sense 1
rationale, principle
=> explanation
=> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun rationale
1 sense of rationale
Sense 1
rationale, principle
=> dialectics
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rationale
1 sense of rationale
Sense 1
rationale, principle
=> explanation
Antonyms of noun rationale
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Attributes of noun rationale
Derived Forms of noun rationale
1 sense of rationale
Sense 1
rationale, principle
RELATED TO>(verb) ratiocinate#1
=> ratiocinate
Domain of noun rationale
1 sense of rationale
Sense 1
rationale, principle
TOPIC>(noun) law#2, jurisprudence#2
Domain Terms of noun rationale
Familiarity of noun rationale
rationale used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun rationale
1 sense of rationale
Sense 1
rationale, principle
> explanation
=> interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering
=> rationale, principle
=> key
=> rationalization, rationalisation
=> theory
Meronyms of noun rationale
1 sense of rationale
Sense 1
rationale, principle
=> explanation
HAS PART: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
Holonyms of noun rationale
Grep of noun rationale
rationale
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