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overrationalize

overrationalize verb: to rationalize excessively.

Verb

overrationalize (third-person singular simple present overrationalizes, present participle overrationalizing, simple past and past participle overrationalized)

  1. (transitive) To rationalize excessively.

Forms of overrationalize

third-person singular presentoverrationalizes
present participleoverrationalizing
past participleoverrationalized
pastoverrationalized

Origin of overrationalize

From over- + rationalize.

Questions about overrationalize

What does overrationalize mean?
Overrationalize means to rationalize excessively.
What part of speech is overrationalize?
Overrationalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overrationalize?
The past tense of overrationalize is overrationalized.

Words near overrationalize in the dictionary

  1. overrater
  2. overraters
  3. overrates
  4. overrating
  5. overrational
  6. overrationalize
  7. overrationalized
  8. overrationalizes
  9. overrationalizing
  10. overraught
  11. overreach

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