Some rationalization of the language of his lectures is, of course, necessary.
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Rationalization
/ˌræʃənəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
Synonyms for "rationalization" (190 found)
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Closest matches (38)
accountadjustmentalienationapparent soundnessapproacharrangementattackautismautistic thinkingavoidance mechanismblame-shiftingblueprintblueprintingcalculationcasuistrychartingcircularityclearanceclearingcodification
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compensationconceptioncontrivancecoordinationdecompensationdeductiondeductive reasoningdefensedefense mechanismdemonstrationdereismdereistic thinkingdesigndestigmatization
Strong matches (57)
destigmatizingdevicediscoursediscourse of reasondiscursive reasondisingenuousnessdisplacementdispositiondissociationdistortionemotional insulationenterpriseenvisagementequivocalnessequivocationescapeescape into fantasyescape mechanismescapismevasive reasoning
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exculpationexplanationfallaciousnessfallacyfantasizingfantasyfiguringflightforesightforethoughtgamegraphingground planguidelineguidelinesharmonizationideainductioninductive reasoninginsincerityintentionisolationjesuitismjesuitryjustificationlayoutlineuplogical thoughtlong-range plan
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mappingmaster planmethodmethodizationmethodologymisapplicationmystificationnegativismnormalizationobfuscationobscurantismoperations researchordinationorganizationovercompensationoversubtletyperversionphilosophismphilosophypicture
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planplanningplanning functionplausibilityplausiblenessprearrangementpretextprocedureprogramprogram of actionprojectionproofpsychotaxispurgationpurgingratiocinationrationalerationalismrationalityrationalizingreasonreasonablenessreasoningregularizationregulationrehabilitationreinstatementresistancerestorationroutinizationscheduleschemaschematismschematizationschemescheme of arrangementsetupsociological adjustive reactionssophismsophistical reasoningsophisticationsophistryspecial pleadingspeciosityspecious reasoningspeciousnessstrategic planstrategysublimationsubstitutionsubtletysweet reasonsystemsystematizationtactical plantacticsthe big picturethe picturevicious circlevicious reasoningvindicationwaywish fulfillmentwish-fulfillment fantasywishful thinkingwithdrawalworking plan
Noun(7 words)
rationalisationreorganizationrise of modern civilizationspartanizationstreamliningsystematisationsystematization
Adjective(1 words)
scientific groundings
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More general
16 entriesalgebraic operationbusiness process optimizationdefencedefence mechanismdefence reactiondefensedefense mechanismdefense reactionexplanationmathematical operationmental processorganisationorganizationorganizational changepsychological processsimplification
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7 entriesdenominator conjugate multiplicationpost hoc justificationprocess standardizationrationalizing fractionresource consolidationself serving rationalizationworkforce reduction
Collocations
6 entriescost rationalizationmental rationalizationorganizational rationalizationpost hoc rationalizationrationalization effortrationalization process
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesSample sentences
10 total sentences available.
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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