Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun etc. See
rationalization , etc.
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- noun Alternative spelling of
rationalization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
- noun systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale
- 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
- 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
- noun the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency
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Examples
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I badly need to get my head back onto remunerative matters so a Stalinist rationalisation is due shortly
Waiting For Guido ... Newmania 2007
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"Cambridge is still a relatively buoyant market and Edinburgh House offers high specification space that would suit a number of biotech or medtech companies, it also provides us with the opportunity of more longer term rationalisation of the building and the generous site on which it sits."
Latest stories 2009
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And of course, with the coalition eager to give newspapers access to local TV and anxious to take a more relaxed view of local monopolies, there's scope for contraction aka rationalisation.
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Phillippe – actually, this sort of consolidation is happening now through the website reviews aka rationalisation and convergence led by @digigov.
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To the victor go 'the spoils', and such including 'interpretation' oft as 'rationalisation' - and of also as complete 'fabrication' - as Orwell wrote.
CounterPunch 2008
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To the victor go 'the spoils', and such including 'interpretation' oft as 'rationalisation' - and of also as complete 'fabrication' - as Orwell wrote.
CounterPunch 2008
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This reading of the film is, of course, just as much a projection, a rationalisation which is ultimately unneccessary and reductive.
Notes on Strange Fiction: The Pataphysical Quirk Hal Duncan 2008
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This reading of the film is, of course, just as much a projection, a rationalisation which is ultimately unneccessary and reductive.
Archive 2008-08-01 Hal Duncan 2008
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Could it be that they naturally lead to this kind of rationalisation?
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Could it be that they naturally lead to this kind of rationalisation?
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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