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Asylum, by Madeleine Roux
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- Were just trying to tell you that if you want to leave, we think that would be a good, rational decision.†
p. 208.6 *rational = reasonable
- Dan said, marveling at her calm rationality.†
p. 230.8rationality = use of reason
Definitions:
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(rational as in: rational behavior) reasonable, able to think clearly, or based on logic rather than emotion
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, rational numbers in mathematics are numbers that can be expressed as a fraction consisting of only an integer in the numerator and denominator. For example, 1/3 is a rational number while pi is an irrational number.