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1) rationalité2) raisonEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > rationality
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1) (able to think, reason and judge etc: Man is a rational animal.) raisonnable, doué de raison2) (sensible; reasonable; logical; not (over-) influenced by emotions etc: There must be a rational explanation for those strange noises) rationnel•- rationality -
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reason ['ri:zən]raison ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (b) maintenir ⇒ 2 (a) calculer ⇒ 2 (a) conclure ⇒ 2 (a) persuader ⇒ 2 (b) raisonner ⇒ 31 noun∎ what is the reason for his absence? quelle est la raison de son absence?;∎ there is a reason for his doing that il y a une raison pour qu'il fasse ça;∎ did he give a reason for being so late? a-t-il donné la raison d'un tel retard?;∎ what reason could they give for such inhuman acts? comment peuvent-ils justifier des actes d'une telle cruauté?;∎ I (can) see no reason for disagreeing or to disagree je ne vois pas pourquoi je ne serais pas d'accord;∎ all the more reason for trying again or to try again raison de plus pour réessayer;∎ to have reason enough (to do sth) avoir de bonnes raisons (de faire qch);∎ you have every reason or good reason to be angry vous avez de bonnes raisons d'être en colère;∎ that's no reason to get annoyed ce n'est pas une raison pour s'énerver;∎ we have/there is reason to believe he is lying nous avons de bonnes raisons de croire/il y a lieu de croire qu'il ment;∎ the reason (why) they refused la raison de leur refus, la raison pour laquelle ils ont refusé;∎ she wouldn't tell me the reason why elle ne voulait pas me dire pourquoi;∎ give me one good reason why I should believe you! donne-moi une bonne raison de te croire!;∎ I chose him for the simple reason I liked him je l'ai choisi pour la simple (et bonne) raison qu'il me plaisait;∎ reasons of state la raison d'État;∎ for reasons of health pour raisons de santé;∎ for reasons best known to herself pour des raisons qu'elle est seule à connaître;∎ for some reason (or other), for one reason or other pour une raison ou pour une autre;∎ for no other reason than that I forgot pour la simple raison que j'ai oublié;∎ for no particular reason sans raison particulière;∎ why do you ask? - oh, no particular reason pourquoi est-ce que tu me demandes ça? - oh, comme ça;∎ for no reason at all sans aucune raison;∎ but that's the only reason I came! mais c'est pour ça que je suis venue!;∎ they were upset, and with (good) reason ils étaient bouleversés, et pour cause;∎ to give sb good reason for doing sth donner de bonnes raisons à qn de faire qch;∎ give me one good reason why I should! donne-moi une raison valable pour que je le fasse!;∎ she's my reason for living elle est ma raison de vivre(b) (common sense, rationality) raison f;∎ he lost his reason il a perdu la raison;∎ he won't listen to reason il refuse d'entendre raison;∎ I can't make her listen to reason je n'arrive pas à lui faire entendre raison ou à la raisonner;∎ at last he saw reason il a fini par entendre raison;∎ your demands are beyond all reason vos exigences dépassent les limites du raisonnable;∎ it stands to reason (that…) il va de soi ou sans dire (que…+ indicative);∎ that stands to reason c'est logique, ça va de soi;∎ man has the power of reason l'homme est doué de raison∎ they reasoned that the fault must be in the cooling system ils en ont déduit que la défaillance devait provenir du système de refroidissement∎ I reasoned him out of the idea je l'ai persuadé ou convaincu d'abandonner son idée;∎ she reasoned me into/out of going elle m'a persuadé/dissuadé d'y allerraisonner;∎ to reason with sb raisonner qn;∎ I tried to reason with them j'ai essayé de les raisonner ou de leur faire entendre raison;∎ humorous ours is not to reason why il ne faut pas chercher à comprendreen raison de;∎ to be found not guilty by reason of insanity être déclaré non-coupable pour cause de démence∎ for reasons of space/national security pour des raisons de place/de sécurité nationaledans la limite du raisonnable;∎ you can do what you like, within reason vous pouvez faire ce que vous voulez, dans la limite du raisonnable(maths problem) résoudre; (one's differences) résoudre en discutant
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