rationalization
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Etymology edit
First attested in 1831. From French rationalisation.
Noun edit
rationalization (countable and uncountable, plural rationalizations)
- The process or result of rationalizing.
- Coordinate term: casuistry
- A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
- A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency.
- Synonym: consolidation
- (psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
- (mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.
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Translations edit
process or result of rationalizing
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statement of one's motives
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reorganization of a company
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concealment of true motivation
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simplification of a mathematical expression
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