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Definition of Rationalization

1. Noun. The cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason.

2. Noun. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening.

3. Noun. (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation.

4. Noun. The organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency.

5. Noun. Systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale.

Definition of Rationalization

1. n. The act or process of rationalizing.

Definition of Rationalization

1. Noun. The process, or result of rationalizing. ¹

2. Noun. A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event. ¹

3. Noun. A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency. ¹

4. Noun. (psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way. ¹

5. Noun. (mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rationalization

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Medical Definition of Rationalization

1. A defense mechanism operating unconsciously, in which the individual attempts to justify or make consciously tolerable, by plausible means, feelings, behaviour, and motives that would otherwise be intolerable. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rationalization

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