合ごう理り

ご

う

り

Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

An abstract noun for being in accordance with reason, logic, or sound principles. In everyday writing, 合理的 is often used for 'rational' and 合理性 for 'rationality as a quality,' while 合理 itself appears in more abstract contrasts such as 合理と非合理.

合ごう理りと非ひ合ごう理りの境

きょう

界かい

は

、

いつも

明めい

確かく

と

は

限かぎ

ら

ない

。

The boundary between rationality and irrationality is not always clear.

この議ぎ論ろんでは、感かん情じょうよりも合ごう理りが重じゅう視しされている。

In this debate, rationality is valued more than emotion.

Kanji

合fit, suit, join
理logic, arrangement, reason

Related words

理り性せいN1
理性 refers to a person's inner faculty of reason, while 合理 refers to the abstract property of being in accordance with reason or logic.

Word family· 8

非ひ合ごう理り
illogicality; irrationality
不ふ合ごう理りN1
irrational; unreasonable; illogical; absurd
合ごう理り化かN1
rationalization; justification · streamlining; making efficient; rationalization (business) · rationalization (psychology)
合ごう理り的てきN1
rational; reasonable; logical
合ごう理り性せい
rationality; reasonableness

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合ごう理り論ろん
rationalism
合ごう理り主しゅ義ぎ
rationalism
合ごう理り主しゅ義ぎ者しゃ
rationalist · pragmatist; practically minded person

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound written 合理. The characters conventionally suggest 'fitting or matching' (合) with 'principle, reason' (理), i.e. being in accord with reason.