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rationalisation |
1 definition found From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rationalisation n 1: a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening [syn: {rationalization}] 2: the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason [syn: {rationalization}] 3: (math) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation [syn: {rationalization}] 4: systematic organization [syn: {systematization}, {systematisation}, {rationalization}]
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