ra·tio·nal·isa·tion /ˌræʃnələˈzeʃən, ənḷə-/ 名詞
rationalisation
n 1: (psychiatry) 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: (mathematics) 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: the organization of a business according to scientific
principles of management in order to increase efficiency
[syn: rationalization]
5: systematic organization; the act of organizing something
according to a system or a rationale [syn: systematization,
systematisation, rationalization]