rationalization

Noun

Meaning

The act or process of rationalizing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

systematization rationalisation systematisation case reason basis account definition codification vindication alibi defense logic argument efficiency
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Antonyms

attack opposition challenge dispute protest contest
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Hypernyms

organization defense explanation defence simplification organisation

Hyponyms

codification formalization formalisation raison d'etre

Phrases with the word

backward rationalization

Examples

Your conscious life is an elaborate after-the-fact rationalization of things you really do for other reasons. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Rationalization may be defined as self-deception by reasoning. Karen Horney

The whole visible world is perhaps nothing more than than the rationalization of a man who wants to find peace for a moment. An attempt to falsify the actuality of knowledge, to regard knowledge as a goal still to be reached. Franz Kafka

Theology is the post hoc rationalization of what you want to believe. Jerry Coyne

Rationalization is a process of not perceiving reality, but of attempting to make reality fit one's emotions. Ayn Rand

The more a religion is aware of its opposition in principle to economic rationalization as such, the more apt are the religion's virtuosi to reject the world, especially its economic activities. Max Weber

Close letter words and terms

rationality rationalizability rationalizable rationalization hamster rationalization proposal rationalize