rationalise away

1. 1.

   substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of

   “you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear--there is no poltergeist in the house!”

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Questions about rationalise away

What does rationalise away mean?

rationalise away means "substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of".

What is another word for rationalise away?

Close synonyms include rationalize away. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rationalise away a common word?

rationalise away 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.