Definition of "rationales" [rationales]

• Plural form of rationale. (noun)

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• "One of my rationales is the fact that so many contexts insist on the book being covered, which can discourage external supplementary material and also make it feel unfeasible (not to mention impractical to have to lug it around as looseleaf extras or even extra notebooks) – and the fact that (I believe) without a specific invitation to do their own thing outside the formal bounds of the coursebook content, some teachers may not notice the potential for this, or end up with a syllabus/schedule that makes no room for it."
• "Thus, said the article, one of the main rationales for punishment is undermined."
• "Ya see, the rationales from the Bush Corporation have shifted so many times that I just couldn’t rememberize what our troops were dying for."