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- noun Plural form of
rationalisation .
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Examples
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Certainly, as the corpses of the Palestinian and Kashmiri Hamza al-Khatibs pile up, there will be the usual flurry of intellectual rationalisations – the bogey of Islamic terror will again be invoked.
In India and Israel, the burden of protest falls on the victims of injustice | Pankaj Mishra 2011
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And it is unavoidable that there will be rationalisations and reductions in capacity.
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Certainly, as the corpses of the Palestinian and Kashmiri Hamza al-Khatibs pile up, there will be the usual flurry of intellectual rationalisations – the bogey of Islamic terror will again be invoked.
In India and Israel, the burden of protest falls on the victims of injustice | Pankaj Mishra 2011
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Instead, we get all sorts of rationalisations about why Luke/Acts, the Epistles of James and Jude never state that Jesus had a brother called James.
Mythicism and Historicism as Theories (and an Altar Call to Take a Leap of Doubt) James F. McGrath 2010
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Having obviously run out of flimsy over inflated rationalisations that had been popped by such a simple question he took the line of "debate" that these "pacifists" usually resort to at some point ... and hit me!
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Notice something Greg: the excuses and the rationalisations.
Hillary Campaign Supplies Person Who Claims To Have Received "Dirty Tricks" Call From Obama 2009
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There is, thanks be to the deity or metaphor or your choosing, no Democratic Rush Limbaugh spoon feeding us rationalisations on issue X because issue L is what we really care about.
Quote Of The Day 2009
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Such a calculation flatters the United States 'view of itself (just as other great powers have adopted such rationalisations) and there is just enough of a germ of truth in it to give one pause.
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Such a calculation flatters the United States 'view of itself (just as other great powers have adopted such rationalisations) and there is just enough of a germ of truth in it to give one pause.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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When I see you grasping at ever flimsier rationalisations, I know it is time to stop.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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