English verb: rationalise away | |||
| 1. | rationalise away (cognition) substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of | ||
| Samples | You can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear--there is no poltergeist in the house!. | ||
| Synonyms | rationalize away | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | reason | ||