Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)

A combination of client-centered therapy, cognitive therapy, and sarcasm, designed by Albert Ellis. REBT acts to remove unreasonable cognitive beliefs, for example, musterbation. Its basic premise is that emotional suffering is due primarily to the often unverbalized assumptions and demands that people carry around with them as they negotiate their own way in life; for example, demanding perfection in oneself and/or in others.

REBT has been shown to reduce self-reports of anxiety in general and specific forms; reduce type A behavior patterns; reduce depression, anger, and, in children, antisocial behavior; and help emotionally healthy people cope better with everyday stress.

Janice's REBT therapist told her she was a control freak and that she was musterbating.

by TheLastPunslinger May 15, 2005

cessat ratione legis, cessat et ipsa lex

a) a Latin phrase meaning (original meaning): if the rationale behind a law fails, so should the law (i.e. it is potentially time to replace said law, since it may n o longer serve its intended purpose)

b) (my new and improved English translation of the phrase): a nicer way of saying " repeal and replace" old and possibly antiquated laws)

can cessat ratione legis, cessat et ipsa lex, definition b) be applied, or should it even be applied, to Obamacare?

by Sexydimma December 16, 2016

Any number that can be written by dividing one integer by another-in plain English, any number that can be written as a fraction or ratio. (An easy way to remember this is to think of rational’s root word “ratio.”)

Any number that can be written by dividing one integer by another-in plain English, any number that can be written as a fraction or ratio. (An easy way to remember this is to think of rational’s root word “ratio.”)

Any number that can be written by dividing one integer by another-in plain English, any number that can be written as a fraction or ratio. (An easy way to remember this is to think of rational’s root word “ratio.”)

by Adlane33 March 13, 2021

inter-rationalism

The paradigm that your immune system is your personality.

Inter-rationalism asserts that all your elements-of-feeling appear via poly-rationalism into the immune system. Thus the immune system contains the elements of feeling.

by flightfacilities February 22, 2022

intra-rationalism

Postulate that humanity moved from polytheism to monotheism when they switched from uncooked to cooked cuisine.

The idea that changes to your spiritual manifestation are facilitated by changes to your diet.

Intra-rationalism is the hypothesis that belief in a single unity might have been facilitated by cooked food.

It would take the delineation of kosher food in Jewish law as indicative; but not causative of the change to monotheism.

by flightfacilities January 4, 2022

Rationally Stubborn

Self explanitory, being stubborn while still maintaining a rational sense of thought.

"Nicole is always rationally stubborn, thats why shes always right!"
"Nicole pisses me off because shes so stubborn, but i cant get mad at her because shes always so damn rational!"

by Vq37nxfe November 13, 2017

Post hoc rationalization

Don't care bitch you don't hage a right to do it EITHER WAY you fucking mongrel. You need to take your own advice and humble yourselves OR get your kids murdered more frequently until you learn to stop infesting people's lives like the cockroaches you are.

Hym "You're trying this as post hoc rationalization and it isn't going to work. 1 or 0 fuck-face. Choose."

by Hym Iam June 6, 2024