Search Result for "rationalize_away":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of;
- Example: "you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear--there is no poltergeist in the house!"
[syn: rationalize away, rationalise away]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rationalize away
    v 1: substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of;
         "you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear--
         there is no poltergeist in the house!" [syn: rationalize
         away, rationalise away]