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Rationalization   /rˌæʃənəlɪzˈeɪʃən/  /rˌæʃnəlɪzˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Rationalization

noun
1.
The cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason.  Synonym: rationalisation.
2.
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening.  Synonym: rationalisation.
3.
(mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation.  Synonym: rationalisation.
4.
The organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency.  Synonym: rationalisation.
5.
Systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale.  Synonyms: rationalisation, systematisation, systematization.





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"Rationalization" Quotes from Famous Books



... ("Historic revivals of hunting urge make an interesting recital of religious inquisitions, witch-burnings, college hazings, persecution of suffragettes, of the I.W.W., of the Japanese, or of pacifists. All this goes on often under naive rationalization about justice and patriotism, but it is pure and innate lust to run something down and hurt it"); (10) anger, pugnacity; (11) revolt at confinement, at being limited in liberty of action and choice; (12) revulsion; (13) leadership and mastery; (14) subordination, submission; ...
— An American Idyll - The Life of Carleton H. Parker • Cornelia Stratton Parker


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