Rationalization

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act, process, or practice of rationalizing.
  • n. An instance of rationalizing.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The process, or result of rationalizing.
  • n. A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
  • n. A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency.
  • n. The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
  • n. The simplification of an expression without changing its value.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act or process of rationalizing.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of rationalizing; a making rational or intelligible; subjection to rational tests or principles.
  • n. In algebra, the process of clearing an equation from radical signs. Also spelled rationalisation.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation
  • n. the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency
  • n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
  • n. systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale
  • n. the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    simplification    organization    organisation    defense    defence reaction   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    reasoning    rationale    consolidation   
    Verb Stem
    ration   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rationalizations    surrogacy    repellence    professionalization    hypersensitivity   
     
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