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derationalise

derationalise is the alternative form of derationalize.

Meaning of derationalize

Verb

derationalize (third-person singular simple present derationalizes, present participle derationalizing, simple past and past participle derationalized)

  1. (transitive) To make irrational.
    • And, inasmuch as the soul is influenced, to an indefinite degree, by the body, atavism seems to derationalize the Christian theory of morality.1880, The Church Quarterly Review - Volume 9, page 310

Forms of derationalise

third-person singular presentderationalises
present participlederationalising
past participlederationalised
pastderationalised

Questions about derationalise

What is derationalise the alternative form of?
Derationalise is the alternative form of derationalize.

Words near derationalise in the dictionary

  1. derating
  2. deratings
  3. deration
  4. derationalisation
  5. derationalisations
  6. derationalise
  7. derationalised
  8. derationalises
  9. derationalising
  10. derationalization
  11. derationalizations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: derationalise (page history and authors); derationalize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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