backward rationalize
backward rationalize · backward rationalizes · backward rationalized · backward rationalizing
To construct or invent an explanation for an action, decision, or outcome after it has…To construct or invent an explanation for an action, decision, or outcome after it has already occurred, rather than reasoning from it beforehand.
Meaning
1 sensesTo construct or invent an explanation for an action, decision, or outcome after it has already occurred, rather than reasoning from it beforehand.
Forms
backward rationalizes, backward rationalizing, backward rationalized, backward rationalized| Base form | backward rationalize · to backward rationalize |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | backward rationalizes |
| Present participle | backward rationalizing |
| Past simple | backward rationalized |
| Past participle | backward rationalized |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedbackward rationalization
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle