Meaning | (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature). |
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Example | "the rationale for capital punishment" |
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Synonym | principle |
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Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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Narrower | dialectics | A rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces |
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Broader | explanation | Thought that makes something comprehensible |
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Spanish | fundamentación, fundamento, principio |
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Catalan | fonament, lògica, principi, raonament |
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Verbs | ratiocinate | reason methodologically and logically |
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