English
rerationalize
From re- + rationalize.
Formed from re- + rationalize
Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’
English re-
Latin reor ‘to compute’
Latin ratiō ‘reason, reasoning, explanation, ground,…’
Latin ratiōnālis ‘rational, reasonable, of or possessing reason’
French rationnel ‘rational’
French rationaliser ‘to rationalize’
English rationalize
Today it means
verb To rationalize again or in a different way.
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Etymograph / rerationalize