Official and Rational

Official

Official adjective - Ordered or allowed by those in authority.

Rational and official are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rational" instead an adjective "Official".

Rational

Rational adjective - Having the ability to reason.

Official and rational are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Official" instead an adjective "Rational".

Both words in one sentence

  • The official policy of The Salvation War is that, as far as possible, everything that happens has some kind of rational, scientific explanation.
    Source: Shrug of God
  • Literature / Agent Pendergast More often than not, the stories involve events that seem supernatural, but are eventually show to have a rational (if somewhat far-fetched) explanation.note Although the later stories are moving away from this...Note that the series has no official title.
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