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logicalize

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To understand the logic behind something; to build the logical explanation for something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • 1988, Martin Lightfoot, Nancy Martin, National Association for the Teaching of English, The Word for teaching is learning: language and learning today : essays for James Britton James Britton says that we rationalize and logicalize our memories into narrative form.

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History

Etymology

From logical + -ize.