rationalization

1. (countable, uncountable)A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.

   Her self-flagellating rationalization for the theft was mostly ignored by the jury.

2. (countable, uncountable)The reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency through the reallocation of resources and changes in its workforce.

   It began with the familiar political motives of civil service rationalization and downsizing.

   the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency

3. (countable, uncountable)The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.

   (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening

4. (countable, uncountable)The simplification of an expression without changing its value.

   Here, the rationalization of the denominator was unnecessary.

   (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation

5. (archaic, countable, uncountable)The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.

   Some rationalization of the language of his lectures is, of course, necessary.

   Rationalisierung

   рационализа́цияracionalizácija

   раціоналізаціяracionalizacija

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