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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the state of having good sense and sound judgment;
- Example: "his rationality may have been impaired"
- Example: "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions"
[syn: rationality, reason, reasonableness]

2. the quality of being consistent with or based on logic;
[syn: rationality, rationalness]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rationality \Ra`tion*al"i*ty\ (r[a^]sh"[u^]n*[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]; 277), n.; pl. -ties (-t[i^]z). [F. rationalit['e], or L. rationalitas.] The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. [1913 Webster] When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure? --Gov. of Tongue. [1913 Webster] Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rationality n 1: the state of having good sense and sound judgment; "his rationality may have been impaired"; "he had to rely less on reason than on rousing their emotions" [syn: rationality, reason, reasonableness] 2: the quality of being consistent with or based on logic [syn: rationality, rationalness]