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Rationalisation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalization. UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable

    "The conscious mind refuses to admit any failure to perceive, and puts in its place a series of rationalisations which are fabrications and distortions of the real nature of things."

  2. 2
    systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale wordnet
  3. 3
    the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency wordnet
  4. 4
    (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation wordnet
  5. 5
    the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason wordnet
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  1. 6
    (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French rationalisation, equivalent to rational + -isation or rationalise + -ation.

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