rationalization
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
[1908] From French rationalisation.
Noun
rationalization (countable and uncountable, plural rationalizations)
- The process, or result of rationalizing.
- Coordinate term: casuistry
- A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
- A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency.
- (psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
- (mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.
Synonyms
- (statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event): reasoning, rationale
- (reorganization of a company or organization): consolidation
- (concealment of true motivation):
- (simplification of a mathematical expression):
Translations
process or result of rationalizing
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statement of one's motives
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reorganization of a company
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concealment of true motivation
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simplification of a mathematical expression
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