underlying rationale
collocation in Englishmeaningsofunderlyingandrationale
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underlying
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/us/ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
real but not ...
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rationale
noun[C or U]
uk/ˌræʃ.əˈnɑːl/us/ˌræʃ.əˈnæl/
the reasons or intentions that cause a particular set of beliefs ...
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(Definition ofunderlyingandrationalefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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While each of these assumptions will not strictly hold, we expect they do capture theunderlyingrationale pushing farmers to deforest under current conditions.
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The decision on what to include will depend on theunderlyingrationaleof the work, not to mention the amount of space available.
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Production would have as itsunderlyingrationalethe meeting, and equitably, of the needs of everyone.
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This discrepancy offered the soldiers anunderlyingrationalefor the prevalence of violence.
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The philosopher's task is to bring these principles and theirunderlyingrationaleto light so that they may be adequately protected.
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Theunderlyingrationaleis to maintain a diversity of ideas (age and cohort differences) and of firm-specific experience levels (seniority difference) in the company.
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Theunderlyingrationalefor our approach merits discussion.
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The 'burden' is finally shifted on to the government to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its policies by changing theirunderlyingrationale.
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But suppose the imminence criterion is simply a proxy for itsunderlyingrationale, namely that defensive force is justified only if there is no reasonable alternative.
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Both proposals had a common perspective to institutionalise an earnings-related scheme as a device for footing financial resources, but theirunderlyingrationaleand philosophy was quite different.
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Clearly, much of theunderlyingrationalefor civic pride was common to all cities, such as patrician attitudes to social and political leadership, philanthropy, and historical distinctiveness.
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Beginning in the sixteenth century, it lasted well into our own time; and it is poorly understood, in itsunderlyingrationale, by historians of medicine and philosophers of science alike.
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What had once been theunderlyingrationalefor liberal attitudes towards local government, that differences in local spending were acceptable, even desirable, was increasingly challenged.
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In this sense, postmodernism is a reaction to theunderlyingrationaleof the patterns of the socioeconomic practices that dominate our era.
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Still, my arguments then imply that theunderlyingrationaleof the intersection approach itself tells us to move beyond the intersection approach when it is possible to do so.
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Really and truly there is anunderlyingrationaleabout questions not being allowed on those industries.
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We applaud their efforts to explain to staff and local people theunderlyingrationalefor change.
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The resulting allocation and itsunderlyingrationalewill be set out in the 2003 departmental report.
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With the publication of our comprehensive introductory statement in real time, we explain policy decisions and theirunderlyingrationale.
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I can understand theunderlyingrationale, that environmental costs must be incorporated in the price, but should this be done invisibly at all costs?
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