| NOUN | cognition | rationalization, rationalisation | the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason |
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| process | rationalization, rationalisation | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening | |
| act | rationalization, rationalisation | (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 | rationalization, rationalisation | the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency | |
| act | rationalization, systematization, systematisation, rationalisation | systematic organization |
| Sounds | rae.shahnahlihzey'shahn; rae.shnahlihzey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | The cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason. | |
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| Synonym | rationalisation | |
| Narrower | raison d'etre | reason for being |
| Broader | explanation | Thought that makes something comprehensible |
| Spanish | racionalización | |
| Verbs | rationalize | defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning |
| 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 | rationalisation | |
| 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 | (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 | rationalisation | |
| 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 | rationalize | 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 | rationalisation | |
| Broader | organization, organisation | The act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business |
| Verbs | rationalize | 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, rationalisation | |
| 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 | rationalize | think rationally |
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