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backward rationalizes

backward rationalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backward rationalize.

Meaning of backward rationalize

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.

Questions about backward rationalizes

What is backward rationalizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Backward rationalizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of backward rationalize.

Words near backward rationalizes in the dictionary

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