ratification | (noun) making something valid by formally ratifying or confirming it | Synonyms: confirmation |
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ratifier | (noun) someone who expresses strong approval | Synonyms: endorser, indorser, subscriber |
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rating | (noun) act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of | Synonyms: evaluation |
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(noun) an appraisal of the value of something | Synonyms: evaluation, valuation |
(noun) standing or position on a scale | - |
(noun) rank in a military organization | Synonyms: military rank, military rating, paygrade |
ratio | (noun) the relation between things (or parts of things) with respect to their comparative quantity, magnitude, or degree | Synonyms: proportion |
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(noun) the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient) | - |
ratiocination | (noun) logical and methodical reasoning | - |
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(noun) the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism) | Synonyms: conclusion |
ratiocinator | (noun) someone who reasons logically | Synonyms: reasoner |
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ration | (noun) the food allowance for one day (especially for service personnel) | - |
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(noun) a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity) | - |
rational | (noun) an integer or a fraction | Synonyms: rational number |
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rationale | (noun) (law) an explanation of the fundamental reasons (especially an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature) | Synonyms: principle |
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rationalisation | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalization, systematisation, systematization |
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(noun) (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation | Synonyms: rationalization |
(noun) the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency | Synonyms: rationalization |
(noun) the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Synonyms: rationalization |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening | Synonyms: rationalization |
rationalism | (noun) the doctrine that reason is the right basis for regulating conduct | Synonyms: freethinking |
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(noun) (philosophy) the doctrine that knowledge is acquired by reason without resort to experience | - |
(noun) the theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth | - |
rationalist | (noun) someone who emphasizes observable facts and excludes metaphysical speculation about origins or ultimate causes | Synonyms: positivist |
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rationality | (noun) the quality of being consistent with or based on logic | Synonyms: rationalness |
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(noun) the state of having good sense and sound judgment | Synonyms: reason, reasonableness |
rationalization | (noun) systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale | Synonyms: rationalisation, systematisation, systematization |
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(noun) (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation | Synonyms: rationalisation |
(noun) the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency | Synonyms: rationalisation |
(noun) the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Synonyms: rationalisation |
(noun) (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening | Synonyms: rationalisation |
rationalness | (noun) the quality of being consistent with or based on logic | Synonyms: rationality |
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rationing | (noun) the act of rationing | - |
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ratite | (noun) flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches, cassowaries, emus, moas, rheas, kiwis, elephant birds | Synonyms: flightless bird, ratite bird |
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