ˌrashəˈnaləd.ē, ˌraash-, ˌraish-, -lətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: Late Latin rationalitas, from Latin rationalis rational + -itas -ity — more at rational
1. : the quality or state of being rational
man's rationality is not a higher faculty … imposed upon his animal nature — Grace De Laguna
2. : acceptability to reason : reasonableness
gives a rationality … and a justification to the universe — J.W.Krutch
the social rationality that … alone can save us — A.L.Locke
3. : something (as an opinion, belief, or practice) that is rational — usually used in pl
a race … between the rationalities of technology and the irrationalities of style — Lewis Mumford