NOUN | process | rationalisation, rationalization | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening |
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cognition | rationalisation, rationalization | the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | |
act | rationalisation, rationalization | (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation | |
act | rationalisation, rationalization | the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency | |
act | rationalisation, systematization, systematisation, rationalization | systematic organization |
Meaning | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening. | |
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Synonym | rationalization | |
Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
Broader | defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence | (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires |
Spanish | racionalización | |
Catalan | racionalització |
Meaning | The cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason. | |
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Synonym | rationalization | |
Narrower | raison d'etre | reason for being |
Broader | explanation | Thought that makes something comprehensible |
Spanish | racionalización | |
Verbs | rationalise | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning |
Meaning | (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation. | |
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Synonym | rationalization | |
Category | mathematics, math, maths | A science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic / logic of quantity and shape and arrangement |
Broader | simplification | elimination of superfluous details |
Verbs | rationalise | remove irrational quantities from |
Meaning | The organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency. | |
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Synonym | rationalization | |
Broader | organization, organisation | The act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business |
Verbs | rationalise | structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results |
Meaning | Systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale. | |
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Synonyms | systematization, systematisation, rationalization | |
Narrower | codification | The act of codifying |
formalization, formalisation | The act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions / expressions) | |
Broader | organization, organisation | The activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically |
Spanish | racionalización, sistematización | |
Catalan | racionalització, sistematització | |
Verbs | rationalise | think rationally |
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