rational person

collocation in English

meaningsofrationalandperson

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rational
adjective
uk
/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/us
/ˈræʃ.ən.əl/
based on clear thought ...
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person
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɜː.sən/us
/ˈpɝː.sən/
a man, woman, ...
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(Definition ofrationalandpersonfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Given this, it seems reasonable to think that anyrationalpersonwould prefer even the most totalitarian state to life in the state of nature.
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A remedy had been found for a disease that did not exist, but one which anyrationalpersonwould have feared.
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These are goods that everyrationalpersonhas an interest in.
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This would require allowing arationalpersonto have inconsistent preferences: primary preferences for continued heavy consumption; secondary preferences implying the opposite consumption choice.
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The market allows arationalpersonto exploit non-rational choices, which can help reinforce rational decision-making throughout the population, depending on the degree of arbitrage.
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Norationalpersonwould prefer $10 next year to $9 right now.
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The very idea that arationalpersoncan change his own level of patience seems to harbour a conceptual problem.
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This, plus the large diameter of the channel, would lead anyrationalpersonto conclude that the channel is a multimer.
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It is an implicit message of risk-benefit analysis that arationalpersonshould accept being exposed to a risk if this brings greater benefits for others.
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I dispute that anyrationalpersoncan will himself to believe an empirical proposition of that sort simply because a judge tells him that such is the law.
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There are still many miles to go to the equator, but by now anyrationalpersonwould surely ditch their belief that there are no black swans.
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If, however, they are convincing, or at least if no good and sufficient arguments can be adduced against them, then they should be accepted by anyrationalperson.
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What does any sensible orrationalpersonmean by constitutional checks?
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Is he not aware that once mythology takes over, there is nothing arationalpersoncan do to destroy it?
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That is not a view which, hopeful or unhopeful, anyrationalpersoncould take.
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Norationalpersonwould suppose that this was ever intended to provide for inspection of butchers' shops or anything like that.
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How on earth can anyrationalpersonmake such a generalisation?
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Everyrationalpersonknows what to say if asked what should receive priority, the essential or the inessential.
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It takes only one reasonable person to object or disagree; and anyrationalpersoncan be described as a reasonable person.
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