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Rationale
Rationale noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.
Usage example: the rationale for starting the school day an hour later is that kids will supposedly get an extra hour of sleep
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Synonyms for Rationale
Case is a synonym for rationale in principle topic. Sometimes you can use "Case" instead a noun "Rationale", if it concerns topics such as reason.
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- The rationale is that if you are the best, you are assigned to arduous or dangerous duties or reserve officer training in which case you will serve 12 months instead of 6 of the enlisted personnel.
Source: Do Well, but Not Perfect - It's also actor Brent Spiner's rationale for Data's death in Nemesis; in that case, of course, the actor's aging couldn't be handwaved or worked into the plot, since Data is an ageless android.
Source: Character Aged with the Actor - An interesting case is that of Princess Mithian, brought in as a last hurdle to the Official Couple of Arthur/Guinevere, and who exemplifies the tangled (and practically nonsensical) rationale of fandom shipping.
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