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backward rationalize

backward rationalize verb: to construct or invent an explanation for an action, decision, or outcome after it has already occurred, rather than reasoning from it beforehand.

Verb

backward rationalize (third-person singular simple present backward rationalizes, present participle backward rationalizing, simple past and past participle backward rationalized)

  1. (ambitransitive) To construct or invent an explanation for an action, decision, or outcome after it has already occurred, rather than reasoning from it beforehand.

Forms of backward rationalize

third-person singular presentbackward rationalizes
present participlebackward rationalizing
past participlebackward rationalized
pastbackward rationalized
alternative formbackward-rationalize

Words formed from backward rationalize

Questions about backward rationalize

What does backward rationalize mean?
Backward rationalize means to construct or invent an explanation for an action, decision, or outcome after it has already occurred, rather than reasoning from it beforehand.
What part of speech is backward rationalize?
Backward rationalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of backward rationalize?
The past tense of backward rationalize is backward rationalized.

Words near backward rationalize in the dictionary

  1. backward passes
  2. backward pawn
  3. backward pawns
  4. backward rationalization
  5. backward rationalizations
  6. backward rationalize
  7. backward rationalized
  8. backward rationalizes
  9. backward rationalizing
  10. backward roll
  11. backward rolls

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