Sentence examples for semblance of rationality from inspiring English sources

Common sense — which is to say, the Le Bon-influenced myths you've been steeped in since high school — would suggest that a panicked crowd loses all semblance of rationality, charging madly and trampling anyone who doesn't keep up.

While the corporation's previous director-general, Lord Birt, was known as a systems man who sought to bring some semblance of fiscal rationality to the company, his successor, Greg Dyke, is regarded by people in the industry as a market-driven ratings enthusiast who favors aggressive journalism in which the BBC tries to break stories instead of just reporting them.

Economic rationality, conceptions of rationality used in economic theory.

(See below The computational account of rationality).

They would behave with their own kind of rationality.

The man's violence is the heartlessness of rationality.

The movie is a comedy of rationality struggling for control.

Both violate common knowledge of rationality.

"I'm a fan of rationality," he added.

The concept of rationality in decision-making is prevalent in substantive theories of rationality, such as the Health Belief Model HBMM).

Over time, a semblance of normalcy returned.