WordNet
v. substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of; "you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear--there is no poltergeist in the house!" [syn: rationalise away]
Usage examples of "rationalize away".
Hunger, fatigue, hallucination, all were used to rationalize away the unprecedented contact.
It's as wrong as anything because it allows you to rationalize away any behavior as good.
Are you going to try and rationalize away the fact that you’.
Their elaborate explanations would not be strong enough to rationalize away an attack on the mother world itself .
He was trying to rationalize away his fear of what must have taken place here.
How mysterious the human mind that it could simultaneously contain such extreme contradictory emotions, that it could rationalize away those evil qualities it knew were there in order to feel affection for someone.
He can rationalize away all the deceitful, collusive, unprincipled things he does, dismiss them from his mind once they'd accomplished their purpose.
He can rationalize away all the deceitful, collusive, unprincipled things he does, dismiss them from his mind once they’.
Human beings are blessed with an infinite capacity to rationalize away or ignore anything their senses cannot comprehend.
That was the only magic he could not rationalize away, and he had worried over that more than anything else since Ov.
This wasn't some casual fling we could go at for a night and try to rationalize away the next day.