The word for today is…
rationale (noun):
1: an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena
2: an underlying reason : basis
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Rationale comes from Latin ratio, meaning "reason," and rationalis, "endowed with reason." Ratio is reasonably familiar as an English word for the relationship (in number, quantity, or degree) between things.
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