Definitions
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- noun Plural form of
rationalizer .
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Examples
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a satirical allusion to the 'rationalizers' of his day, replies that he has no time for these 'nice' interpretations of mythology, and he pities anyone who has.
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But then global warming was dug up by environmentalists, and rationalizers took another look at the science and said, maybe saturation does not occur at the top of the atmosphere.
Think Progress » Palin blames ‘Gore-gate’ for ‘this snake oil science stuff.’
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But if Obama stays within the circle of rationalizers, the propagandists like Yglesias who actually believe their own distortions, he is going to be in big trouble. joe from Lowell says:
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But then global warming was dug up by environmentalists, and rationalizers took another look at the science and said, maybe saturation does not occur at the top of the atmosphere.
Think Progress » Palin blames ‘Gore-gate’ for ‘this snake oil science stuff.’
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These parents are also rationalizers as the boy's mother tried to convince herself that it was the right decision by saying that her son was really making an effort to do his homework.
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These parents are also rationalizers as the boy's mother tried to convince herself that it was the right decision by saying that her son was really making an effort to do his homework.
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The torture rationalizers claim that the methods at least produced intelligence that prevented further attacks on the United States following 9-11.
The false claims of the effectiveness of torture in gathering intelligence
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Why it would not have been necessary to defend industrial targets (e.g., the Ruhr) as well as civilian targets (e.g., Dresden) is something I have not seen explained by the post-hoc rationalizers of our disproportionate, unnecessary, strategically backward killing of tens of thousands of German men, women, children and infants.
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Why it would not have been necessary to defend industrial targets (e.g., the Ruhr) as well as civilian targets (e.g., Dresden) is something I have not seen explained by the post-hoc rationalizers of our disproportionate, unnecessary, strategically backward killing of tens of thousands of German men, women, children and infants.
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For all you apologists and rationalizers, what would be your reaction at giving Orin Hatch the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee, Jim Inhofe the chairmanship of Energy and Natural Resources, or Jon Kyle as chairman of Foreign Relations.
It's Official: Lieberman Keeps Homeland Security Chairmanship
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