'Rationality' definitions:
Definition of 'rationality'
(from WordNet)
noun
The state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions" [syn: rationality, reason, reasonableness]
noun
The quality of being consistent with or based on logic [syn: rationality, rationalness]
Definition of 'Rationality'
From: GCIDE
- Rationality \Ra`tion*al"i*ty\ (r[a^]sh"[u^]n*[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]; 277), n.; pl. -ties (-t[i^]z). [F. rationalit['e], or L. rationalitas.] The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. [1913 Webster]
- When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure? --Gov. of Tongue. [1913 Webster]
- Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'rationality'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- admissibility,
- apprehension,
- balance,
- brain,
- brains,
- caliber,
- capacity,
- common sense,
- comprehension,
- conception,
- contact with reality,
- cool head,
- coolheadedness,
- coolness,
- deduction,
- deductive power,
- deductive reasoning,
- demonstration,
- discourse,
- discourse of reason,
- discursive reason,
- down-to-earthness,
- due sense of,
- earthiness,
- esemplastic power,
- esprit,
- freedom from illusion,
- good sense,
- gray matter,
- hardheadedness,
- head,
- headpiece,
- healthy mind,
- horse sense,
- ideation,
- induction,
- inductive reasoning,
- integrative power,
- intellect,
- intellection,
- intellectual faculty,
- intellectual grasp,
- intellectual power,
- intellectualism,
- intellectuality,
- intelligence,
- intelligence quotient,
- IQ,
- justifiability,
- justness,
- knowledge,
- lack of feelings,
- level head,
- levelheadedness,
- logic,
- logical thought,
- logicality,
- logicalness,
- lucid interval,
- lucidity,
- matter-of-factness,
- mens,
- mental age,
- mental balance,
- mental capacity,
- mental equilibrium,
- mental grasp,
- mental health,
- mental hygiene,
- mental poise,
- mental ratio,
- mentality,
- mind,
- mother wit,
- native wit,
- normalcy,
- normality,
- normalness,
- nous,
- philosophy,
- plain sense,
- plausibility,
- positivism,
- power of mind,
- power of reason,
- practical mind,
- practical wisdom,
- practical-mindedness,
- practicality,
- practicalness,
- pragmaticism,
- pragmatism,
- proof,
- psyche,
- ratio,
- ratiocination,
- rationalism,
- rationalization,
- rationalizing,
- realism,
- reason,
- reasonability,
- reasonableness,
- reasoning,
- reasoning faculty,
- reasoning power,
- right mind,
- sanemindedness,
- saneness,
- sanity,
- scientism,
- scope of mind,
- secularism,
- sense,
- senses,
- sensibleness,
- smarts,
- sober senses,
- sober-mindedness,
- soberness,
- sobriety,
- sophistry,
- sound mind,
- sound sense,
- soundness,
- soundness of mind,
- specious reasoning,
- sweet reason,
- thinking power,
- understanding,
- unidealism,
- unromanticalness,
- unsentimentality,
- Vernunft,
- wholesomeness,
- wit,
- worldliness