Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who rationalizes, or practises the methods of the rationalists; one who tests doctrines, principles, etc., by the light of abstract reason, or who employs reason alone in interpretation or explanation. Also spelled
rationaliser .
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- noun One who
rationalizes .
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Examples
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The premier rationalizer of this particular form of irrationality was Ayn Rand.
Rationalized Irrationality « L.E. Modesitt, Jr. – The Official Website 2009
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Charles Murray is, and has been for years, a well-spoken rationalizer of racism.
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For all of his early crusading, Holaday was as masterful a rationalizer as Johnson.
Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010
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More than that, Dobson's ilk has reconfigured Christ into a gun-toting, free-market, Ayn Rand Libertarian, conspicuous consumer of material goods and rationalizer of greed.
Todd Wilkinson: Whoever Jesus Was, He Wasn't A Petty Partisan 2010
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The rationalizer may be able to persuade, but he should not be allowed to convince.
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But he's powerless against Rahm Emanuel, so he goes on news shows and talks tough, while resigning himself to the lowly role of chief economic rationalizer of Obama-Pelosi-Reid-Emanuel economic policies.
Who Said It?, David Henderson | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Now, two centavos may sound like chump change to some of you but, by God, it's the principle of the thing and don't you forget it weak, unprincipled rationalizer.
Concerning Criticism 2005
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Now, two centavos may sound like chump change to some of you but, by God, it's the principle of the thing and don't you forget it weak, unprincipled rationalizer.
Concerning Criticism 2005
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Now, two centavos may sound like chump change to some of you but, by God, it's the principle of the thing and don't you forget it weak, unprincipled rationalizer.
Concerning Criticism 2005
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Now, two centavos may sound like chump change to some of you but, by God, it's the principle of the thing and don't you forget it weak, unprincipled rationalizer.
Concerning Criticism 2005
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