Lexic.us

Definition of Rationalisation

1. 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.

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

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.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rationalisation

ratiocinate ratiocinated ratiocinates ratiocinating ratiocination ratiocinations ratiocinative ratiocinator ratiocinators ration

ration rational rational rationale rationales rationalisation (current term) rationalise rationalised rationalises rationalise away

rationalising rationalism rationalism rationalisms rationalist rationalistic rationalists rationalities rationality rationalizable

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