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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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This word is part of lesson 28.