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rationalise

  • a variation of rationalize.
    rationalize
    verb (used with object)
    to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.

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"States need to contain and rationalise their subsidy outgoes, so that such spending does not crowd out more productive expenditure."

From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025

"We have to rationalise, rationalise, rationalise," says Mamadou Dian Balde, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees' regional bureau director.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2025

The government, the committee said in the report, should also review its tax policy, rationalise public expenditure and expand the reach of social protection.

From Reuters ● Nov. 26, 2023

Dr Brazeau added: "Our study shows how there is merit to both theories without accepting one or the other wholesale. Instead, we can rationalise the areas that overlap."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2023

To attempt to rationalise with such an one was merely to excite the insane part of him.

From Witch-Doctors by Charles Beadle