Home › Words › O › overrationalizeoverrationalizeoverrationalize means to rationalize excessively.EtymologyFrom over- + rationalize.verbTo rationalize excessively.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.overrational 84% match — Excessively rational. vs overrationalize →overpsychologize 73% match — To psychologize excessively. vs overrationalize →oversystematize 72% match — To systematize to excess. vs overrationalize →overjustify 71% match — To justify excessively; to provide too much justification for. vs overrationalize →overanalyze 70% match — To analyze too much or in too much detail. vs overrationalize →hyperanalyze 70% match — To analyze excessively; to overanalyze. vs overrationalize →overelaborate 69% match — Excessively elaborate. vs overrationalize →overorganize 68% match — To organize in too much detail. vs overrationalize →