Rationalization

Quick meaning: Rationalization is a noun meaning (now rare) The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.

Meaning

(now rare) The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.

More Meanings

1. A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
2. (psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
3. (mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.
4. (economics) The reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency through the reallocation of resources and changes in its workforce.

Example Sentences

Some rationalization of the language of his lectures is, of course, necessary.

Her self-flagellating rationalization for the theft was mostly ignored by the jury.

It began with the familiar political motives of civil service rationalization and downsizing.

Rationalization includes partnership ventures, and if approved would mean capacity reductions in both sectors with thousands of steelworkers' jobs affected.

Word Forms

• rationalizations
• rationalisation

Synonyms for rationalization

Depending on context, synonyms include rationale, reasoning, consolidation, systematization, rationalisation, systematisation.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include rationalisation, systematization, systematisation, rationality, justification, mainstreaming.

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