Definition of rational

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Rational (a.) Having reason, or the faculty of reasoning; endowed with reason or understanding; reasoning..

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A Priori :: A priori () Applied to knowledge and conceptions assumed, or presupposed, as prior to experience, in order to make experience rational or possible..
Reasonable :: Reasonable (n.) Governed by reason; being under the influence of reason; thinking, speaking, or acting rationally, or according to the dictates of reason; agreeable to reason; just; rational; as, the measure must satisfy all reasonable men..
Rational :: Rational (a.) Expressing the type, structure, relations, and reactions of a compound; graphic; -- said of formulae. See under Formula..
Philosophize :: Philosophize (v. i.) To reason like a philosopher; to search into the reason and nature of things; to investigate phenomena, and assign rational causes for their existence..
Rationalist :: Rationalist (n.) One who accepts rationalism as a theory or system; also, disparagingly, a false reasoner. See Citation under Reasonist..
Phrensy :: Phrensy (n.) Violent and irrational excitement; delirium. See Frenzy.
Irrationalness :: Irrationalness (n.) Irrationality.
Rationalize :: Rationalize (v. t.) To form a rational conception of.
Rationalness :: Rationalness (n.) The quality or state of being rational; rationality.
Irrational :: Irrational (a.) Not according to reason; absurd; foolish.
Irrationally :: Irrationally (adv.) In an irrational manner.
Superstition :: Superstition (n.) An ignorant or irrational worship of the Supreme Deity; excessive exactness or rigor in religious opinions or practice; extreme and unnecessary scruples in the observance of religious rites not commanded, or of points of minor importance; also, a rite or practice proceeding from excess of sculptures in religion..
Rational :: Rational (a.) Agreeable to reason; not absurd, preposterous, extravagant, foolish, fanciful, or the like; wise; judicious; as, rational conduct; a rational man..
Platonism :: Platonism (n.) An elevated rational and ethical conception of the laws and forces of the universe; sometimes, imaginative or fantastic philosophical notions..
Rationalization :: Rationalization (n.) The act or process of rationalizing.
Argument :: Argument (n.) A process of reasoning, or a controversy made up of rational proofs; argumentation; discussion; disputation..
Irrationality :: Irrationality (n.) The quality or state of being irrational.
Irrational :: Irrational (a.) Not rational; void of reason or understanding; as, brutes are irrational animals..
Consequent :: Consequent (a.) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions..
Animal :: Animal (a.) Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites..
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