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rationalizer

rationalizer noun: one who rationalizes.

Noun

rationalizer (plural rationalizers)

  1. One who rationalizes.
    • Another factor that makes it difficult to forecast our future happiness is that most of us are rationalizers.2008 April 22, Claudia Dreifus, “The Smiling Professor”, in New York Times

Forms of rationalizer

pluralrationalizers

Origin of rationalizer

From rationalize + -er.

Questions about rationalizer

What does rationalizer mean?
Rationalizer means one who rationalizes.
What part of speech is rationalizer?
Rationalizer is a noun.
What is the plural of rationalizer?
The plural of rationalizer is rationalizers.

Words near rationalizer in the dictionary

  1. rationalization hamster
  2. rationalization hamsters
  3. rationalizations
  4. rationalize
  5. rationalized
  6. rationalizer
  7. rationalizers
  8. rationalizes
  9. rationalizing
  10. rationalizings
  11. rationall

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