Rationale and Thought

Rationale

Rationale noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

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Thought and rationale are semantically related. in thinking topic. In some cases you can use "Thought" instead a noun "Rationale".

Thought noun - A careful weighing of the reasons for or against something.

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Rationale and thought are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Rationale" instead a noun "Thought".

human	human rationale	human thought
good	good rationale	good thought
better	better rationale	better thought
common	common rationale	common thought
Other adjectives: original, genuine, logical, intellectual, real, great, dangerous, bad, possible, final, scientific.

Which tends to undercut some of the rationale behind events like Mary-Ann chopping rather a lot off of Ginger's dresses when she had amnesia and thought she was Ginger.

Source: Series / Gilligan's Island
In Saiyuki's "Kami-sama" arc, Sanzo attempts to break a barrier that he thought was created by will power by shooting at it, on the "rationale" that the bullets are infused with his will power, and thus the two will cancel out...yeah, no.

Source: What Were You Thinking?
The Supernal Realm of Pandemonium is generally hellish, albeit of the self inflicted variety, the rationale being that when faced with a place of pure thought, people will generally force themselves to confront their worst aspects.

Source: Hell

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