Rationalize

Verb

To make sense of something or to justify a decision or action, often by providing logical reasons.

Pronunciation

Rash-uh-nal-ize

Synonyms

Justify, Explain, Clarify, Validate, Defend

Antonyms

Confuse, Obscure, Complicate, Misinterpret

Indian Languages

🇮🇳 Hindi → तर्कसंगत बनाना (tarksangat banana)

🇮🇳 Bengali → যুক্তিসঙ্গত করা (juktisangata kara)

🇮🇳 Tamil → தர்க்கமாக்கு (tarkkamākkum)

🇮🇳 Kannada → ತರ್ಕೀಕರಣ (tarkīkaraṇa)

🇮🇳 Telugu → తర్కీకరించు (tarkīkarin̄cu)

🇮🇳 Urdu → جواز دینا (jawaz dena)

European Languages

🇪🇸 Spanish → Racionalizar

🇫🇷 French → Rationaliser

🇩🇪 German → Rationalisieren

Other Asian Languages

🇨🇳 Chinese → 合理化 (hélǐhuà)

🇯🇵 Japanese → 合理化する (gōrika suru)

Examples
  1. She tried to rationalize her decision to leave the job by saying it was for her mental health.
  2. It's common for people to rationalize their spending habits to feel better about their financial choices.
  3. He struggled to rationalize the failure of the project despite the team's hard work.