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Mr. Tom Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Use of "rationalize"

Hi

(Sorry if I asked this question before...)

Are these sentences natural? I mean rationalize and justify mean the same here?

(Man to his wife)

We must never rationalize/justify our children's mistakes.

We must never rationalize/justify our children's errors.

We must never rationalize/justify our children's wrongdoings.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Let me try to reply by discussing this vocabulary a little. rationalize has a somewhat negative connotation, justify does not have the same connotation, unless you say eg wrongly justify. Neither of the above are casual, everyday words.

— Clive

  • Let me try to reply by discussing this vocabulary a little.
  • rationalize has a somewhat negative connotation, justify does not have the same connotation, unless you say eg wrongly justify.
  • Neither of the above are casual, everyday words.
  • You'd usually talk about eg make excuses for.
  • mistakes / errors are rather objective words, ie they may or may not involve wrongdoing.
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Let me try to reply by discussing this vocabulary a little.


rationalize has a somewhat negative connotation,

justify does not have the same connotation, unless you say eg wrongly justify.

Neither of the above are casual, everyday words. You'd usually talk about eg make excuses for.

mistakes / errors are rather objective wo

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