rational motive

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   a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument

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Questions about rational motive

What does rational motive mean?

rational motive means "a motive that can be defended by reasoning or logical argument".

Is rational motive a common word?

rational motive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.