rationality

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ra=tion=al=i=ty

CIDE DICTIONARY

rationality, n. [F. rationalité, or L. rationalitas.].

 The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness.  [1913 Webster]
"When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure?"  [1913 Webster]
"Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

rationality

IQ, Vernunft, admissibility, apprehension, balance, brain, brains, caliber, capacity, common sense, comprehension, conception, contact with reality, cool head, coolheadedness, coolness, deduction, deductive power, deductive reasoning, demonstration, discourse, discourse of reason, discursive reason, down-to-earthness, due sense of, earthiness, esemplastic power, esprit, freedom from illusion, good sense, gray matter, hardheadedness, head, headpiece, healthy mind, horse sense, ideation, induction, inductive reasoning, integrative power, intellect, intellection, intellectual faculty, intellectual grasp, intellectual power, intellectualism, intellectuality, intelligence, intelligence quotient, justifiability, justness, knowledge, lack of feelings, level head, levelheadedness, logic, logical thought, logicality, logicalness, lucid interval, lucidity, matter-of-factness, mens, mental age, mental balance, mental capacity, mental equilibrium, mental grasp, mental health, mental hygiene, mental poise, mental ratio, mentality, mind, mother wit, native wit, normalcy, normality, normalness, nous, philosophy, plain sense, plausibility, positivism, power of mind, power of reason, practical mind, practical wisdom, practical-mindedness, practicality, practicalness, pragmaticism, pragmatism, proof, psyche, ratio, ratiocination, rationalism, rationalization, rationalizing, realism, reason, reasonability, reasonableness, reasoning, reasoning faculty, reasoning power, right mind, sanemindedness, saneness, sanity, scientism, scope of mind, secularism, sense, senses, sensibleness, smarts, sober senses, sober-mindedness, soberness, sobriety, sophistry, sound mind, sound sense, soundness, soundness of mind, specious reasoning, sweet reason, thinking power, understanding, unidealism, unromanticalness, unsentimentality, wholesomeness, wit, worldliness

ROGET THESAURUS

rationality

Intellect

N intellect, mind, understanding, reason, thinking principle, rationality, cogitative faculties, cognitive faculties, discursive faculties, reasoning faculties, intellectual faculties, faculties, senses, consciousness, observation, percipience, intelligence, intellection, intuition, association of ideas, instinct, conception, judgment, wits, parts, capacity, intellectuality, genius, brains, cognitive powers, intellectual powers, wit, ability, wisdom, Vernunft, Verstand, soul, spirit, ghost, inner man, heart, breast, bosom, penetralia mentis, divina particula aurae, heart's core, the Absolute, psyche, subliminal consciousness, supreme principle, brain, organ of thought, seat of thought, sensorium, sensory, head, headpiece, pate, noddle, noggin, skull, scull, pericranium, cerebrum, cranium, brainpan, sconce, upper story, central processing unit, CPU, arithmetic and logical unit, ALU, metaphysics, psychics, psychology, ideology, mental philosophy, moral philosophy, philosophy of the mind, pneumatology, phrenology, craniology, cranioscopy, ideality, idealism, transcendentalism, spiritualism, immateriality, universal concept, universal conception, metaphysician, psychologist, intellectual, mental, rational, subjective, metaphysical, nooscopic, spiritual, ghostly, psychical, psychological, cerebral, animastic, brainy, hyperphysical, superphysical, subconscious, subliminal, immaterial, endowed with reason, in petto, ens rationis, frons est animi janua, locos y ninos dicen la verdad, mens sola loco non exulat, my mind is my kingdom, stern men with empires in their brains, the mind, the music breathing from her face, thou living ray of intellectual Fire.

Wisdom

N intelligence, wisdom, intelligence, capacity, comprehension, understanding, cuteness, sabe, savvy, intellect, nous, parts, sagacity, mother wit, wit, esprit, gumption, quick parts, grasp of intellect, acuteness, acumen, subtlety, penetration, perspicacy, perspicacity, discernment, due sense of, good judgment, discrimination, cunning, refinement, head, brains, headpiece, upper story, long head, eagle eye, eagle- glance, eye of a lynx, eye of a hawk, wisdom, sapience, sense, good sense, common sense, horse sense, plain sense, rationality, reason, reasonableness, judgment, solidity, depth, profundity, caliber, enlarged views, reach of thought, compass of thought, enlargement of mind, genius, inspiration, geist, fire of genius, heaven-born genius, soul, talent, prudence, vigilance, tact, foresight, sobriety, self-possession, aplomb, ballast, a bright thought, not a bad idea, Solomon-like wisdom, intelligent, quick of apprehension, keen, acute, alive, brainy, awake, bright, quick, sharp, quick witted, keen witted, clear witted, sharp-eyed, sharp sighted, sharp witted, wide- awake, canny, shrewd, astute, clear-headed, farsighted, discerning, perspicacious, penetrating, piercing, argute, quick-witted, nimble-witted, needle-witted, sharp as a needle, sharp as a tack, alive to, clever, arch, pas si bete, acute, wise, sage, sapient, sagacious, reasonable, rational, sound, in one's right mind, sensible, abnormis sapiens, judicious, strong- minded, unprejudiced, unbiased, unbigoted, unprepossessed, undazzled, unperplexed, unwarped judgment, impartial, equitable, fair, cool, cool-headed, long-headed, hardheaded, strong-headed, long- sighted, calculating, thoughtful, reflecting, solid, deep, profound, oracular, heaven-directed, heaven-born, prudent, sober, stand, solid, considerate, politic, wise in one's generation, watchful, provident, in advance of one' age, wise as a serpent, wise as Solomon, wise as Solon, wise, sensible, reasonable, judicious, well- thought-out, well-planned, well-judged, well-advised, prudent, politic, expedient, aut regem aut fatuum nasci oportet, but with the morning cool reflection came, flosculi sententiarum, les affaires font les hommes, mas vale saber que haber, mas vale ser necio que profiadol nemo solus sapit, nosce te, gnothi seauton, nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit, sapere aude, victrix fortunae sapientia.

Sanity

N sanity, soundness, rationality, sobriety, lucidity, lucid interval, senses, sober senses, right mind, sound mind, mens sana, sane, rational, reasonable, compos mentis, of sound mind, sound, sound-minded, lucid, self-possessed, sober, sober-minded, in one's sober senses, in one's right mind, in possession of one's faculties, sanely.