Translation
reason, rationality
Word origin
From Latin ratio ('reckoning, calculation, reason'). The same root gives English ratio, rational and, through French, reason itself.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- ratio
- English cognates
- ratio, rational, reason
Examples
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A human uses reason to solve problems.
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When he gets angry, he loses his reason.
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She chose by reason, not by emotion.
is the faculty of reason, the thing you think with. The reason FOR something is a kialo or . English piles all three onto one word; Esperanto keeps the thinking apparatus and the explanation apart.
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