Some rationalization of the language of his lectures is, of course, necessary.
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Rationalization
//ˌræʃənəlaɪˈzeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "rationalization" (178 found)
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Strong matches (53)
designdestigmatizationdestigmatizingdevicediscoursediscourse of reasondiscursive reasondisingenuousnessdisplacementdispositiondissociationdistortionemotional insulationenterpriseenvisagementequivocalnessequivocationescapeescape into fantasyescape mechanism
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escapismevasive reasoningexculpationexcuseexplanationfallaciousnessfallacyfantasizingfantasyfiguringflightforesightforethoughtgamegraphingground planguidelineguidelinesharmonizationideainductioninductive reasoninginsincerityintentionisolationjesuitismjesuitryjustificationlayoutlineuplogical thoughtlong-range planmapping
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master planmethodmethodizationmethodologymisapplicationmystificationnegativismnormalizationobfuscationobscurantismoperations researchordinationorganizationovercompensationoversubtletyperversionphilosophismphilosophypictureplan
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planningplanning functionplausibilityplausiblenessprearrangementpretextprocedureprogramprogram of actionprojectionproofpsychotaxispurgationpurgingratiocinationrationalerationalismrationalityrationalizingreasonreasonablenessregularizationregulationrehabilitationreinstatementresistancerestorationroutinizationscheduleschemaschematismschematizationschemescheme of arrangementsetupsociological adjustive reactionssophismsophistical reasoningsophisticationsophistryspecial pleadingspeciosityspecious reasoningspeciousnessstrategic planstrategysublimationsubstitutionsubtletysweet reasonsystemtactical plantacticsthe big picturethe picturevicious circlevicious reasoningvindicationwaywish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinkingwithdrawalworking plan
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33 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- рационализация noun (reorganization of a company)
Czech
2 entries- racionalizace noun (reorganization of a company)
- racionalizace noun (concealment of true motivation)
Dutch
1 entries- rationalisatie noun (concealment of true motivation)
Finnish
4 entries- järkeily noun (process or result of rationalizing)
- järkeistäminen noun (reorganization of a company)
- järkiperäistäminen noun (process or result of rationalizing)
- perustelu noun (statement of one's motives)
French
4 entries- rationalisation noun (process or result of rationalizing)
- rationalisation noun (statement of one's motives)
- rationalisation noun (reorganization of a company)
- rationalisation noun (simplification of a mathematical expression)
German
1 entries- Rationalisierung noun (process or result of rationalizing)
Hungarian
3 entries- megideologizálás noun (concealment of true motivation)
- racionalizálás noun (process or result of rationalizing)
- észszerűsítés noun (process or result of rationalizing)
Indonesian
2 entries- rasionalisasi noun (reorganization of a company)
- rasionalisasi noun (concealment of true motivation)
Polish
1 entries- racjonalizacja noun (process or result of rationalizing)
Portuguese
1 entries- racionalização noun (process or result of rationalizing)
Russian
1 entries- рационализа́ция noun (process or result of rationalizing)
Slovak
2 entries- racionalizácia noun (reorganization of a company)
- racionalizácia noun (concealment of true motivation)
Spanish
1 entries- racionalización noun (process or result of rationalizing)
Turkish
2 entries- rasyonalizasyon noun (process or result of rationalizing)
- rasyonelleştirme noun (process or result of rationalizing)
Sample sentences
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Her self-flagellating rationalization for the theft was mostly ignored by the jury.
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But, he insisted, he was neither a “Union Saver” nor a “freedom shrieker.” He rejected all high-flown rationalizations for the war effort — “to hell with the devilish twaddle about freedom.”
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After every shooting, blame and rationalizations fly. I know, because I was shot in the head at a 2011 congressional event near my home in Tucson, Ariz. Eighteen other people were shot at that event, six of whom died.
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