rationalisation

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Noun	1.	rationalisation - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening rationalization psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defense reaction, defense - (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
	2.	rationalisation - the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason rationalization explanation - thought that makes something comprehensible raison d'etre - reason for being
	3.	rationalisation - (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation rationalization simplification - elimination of superfluous details math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
	4.	rationalisation - the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency rationalization organization, organisation - the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"
	5.	rationalisation - systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale systematisation, systematization, rationalization organisation, organization - the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient" codification - the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order formalisation, formalization - the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions)