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Rationalization

//ˌræʃənəlaɪˈzeɪʃən//

Synonyms for "rationalization" (174 found)

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Informal (11)

Adj, adv, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Noun, verb, slang(5 words)

picture fantasy blueprint method planning

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(1 words)

General use (163)

Noun(97 words)

device arrangement withdrawal projection resistance organization system conception subtlety clearance contrivance alienation distortion adjustment foresight deduction procedure compensation perversion displacement

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induction lineup isolation autism calculation fallacy layout methodology sophistry tactics explanation strategy equivocation substitution sophistication coordination rationality schema casuistry misapplication negativism justification dissociation mystification wishful thinking purgation vicious circle insincerity speciousness circularity rehabilitation prearrangement defense mechanism sublimation sophism rationale ordination ratiocination harmonization plausibility obfuscation escapism rationalism dereism ground plan fallaciousness reasonableness reinstatement envisagement obscurantism vindication exculpation systematization codification schematization master plan special pleading operations research overcompensation inductive reasoning schematism decompensation disingenuousness jesuitism speciosity philosophism deductive reasoning jesuitry equivocalness regularization destigmatization plausibleness rationalisation oversubtlety methodization routinization systematisation

Noun, verb(24 words)

approach design disposition account escape program discourse schedule excuse philosophy defense setup intention clearing pretext reasoning guideline purging mapping figuring

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guidelines charting fantasizing rationalizing

Name, noun, verb(3 words)

reason plan enterprise

Adj, noun, verb(2 words)

flight forethought

Name, noun(3 words)

idea restoration normalization

Adj, noun(1 words)

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escape into fantasy psychotaxis sociological adjustive reactions sweet reason apparent soundness evasive reasoning sophistical reasoning vicious reasoning logical thought

Verb(3 words)

graphing blueprinting destigmatizing

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