Synonyms for Rationalizing:

• n.

  •reasoning (noun)
  • generalizations,
  • Syllogization,
  • illations,
  • train of thought,
  • generalization,
  • Apriority,
  • illation.
  •rumination (noun)
  • excogitation.
  •thought (noun)
  • introspection,
  • rumination,
  • ideation,
  • seeings,
  • theorization,
  • theorizations,
  • knowings,
  • thought,
  • inducing,
  • ideations.

• v.

  •accounting (verb)
  • Describing,
  • clarifying,
  • Justifying,
  • accounting,
  • Explaining,
  • Explicating.
  •calculating (verb)
  • measuring,
  • Considering,
  • Adding,
  • counting,
  • Inferring,
  • studying,
  • determining,
  • Assessing,
  • ranking,
  • Summing,
  • quantifying,
  • rating,
  • Plotting,
  • Supposing,
  • figuring,
  • scheduling,
  • Approximating,
  • programming,
  • calculating,
  • guessing,
  • evaluating,
  • planning,
  • concluding,
  • Estimating,
  • Deducing,
  • weighing,
  • Triangulating,
  • Enumerating,
  • quantizing,
  • Systematizing,
  • Totaling,
  • computing,
  • Valuing,
  • Presuming,
  • scheming,
  • judging,
  • thinking,
  • Gauging,
  • scoring,
  • appraising,
  • reckoning,
  • Multiplying,
  • Tallying,
  • dividing,
  • Surmising.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • reasoning.
  •Other relevant words:
  • ruminative.

Paraphrases for Rationalizing:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    rationalize, rationalization, streamlining, rationalisation.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    rationalising, rationalization, streamlining, rationalisation.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    rationalising.
  • Verb, base form
    rationalise.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Mainstreaming, rationality.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    reorienting, readjusting, substantiating, simplification, Adjusting, Simplifying, Justifying, improving, adjustment, aligning, easing, focusing, Mainstreaming.
  • Verb, base form
    downsize, realign, mainstream.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    streamlining.

Rationalizing Sentence Examples:

• This shows the vital difference between reasoning and rationalizing, and the relation of each to faith.

• The old common - sense way of rationalizing them is by a set of concepts of which the most important are these: Thing; The same or different; Kinds; Minds; Bodies; One Time; One Space; Subjects and attributes; Causal influences; The fancied; The real.