单词 | rationalization |
释义 | rationalization (once / 24936 pages) 1n 2n 3n Rationalization means organizing something into a logically coherent system. Factory organization is often rationalized to make it as efficient as possible. Sometimes rationalization means a way someone justifies their action. You might take the last piece of chocolate cake because, gosh darn it, you wanted it, but you justify it with the rationalization that "it was just going to go to waste." WORD FAMILYrationalization: rationalizations+/irrational: irrationality, irrationally, irrationals/irrationality: irrationalities/rational: irrational, nonrational, rationalise, rationalism, rationality, rationalize, rationally, rationalness, rationals/rationalisation: rationalisations/rationalise: rationalisation, rationalised, rationalises, rationalising/rationalism: rationalist, rationalistic/rationalist: rationalists/rationalistic: rationalistically/rationality: rationalities/rationalize: rationalization, rationalized, rationalizes, rationalizing USAGE EXAMPLESWith every evasion, brushoff, innuendo, contortion, rationalization, and attack, they’re working hard, in unison, to steer your attention away from Russia. Slate(Dec 19, 2016) Before then, there was a lot of discrimination around me, but I had rationalizations. New York Times(Nov 28, 2016) Pressure is also coming from the rationalization of fisheries, to prevent overfishing. Seattle Times(Nov 17, 2016) 1 1n the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason Syn|Hypo|Hyper rationalisation raison d'etre reason for being explanation thought that makes something comprehensible 2n (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening 2Syn|Hyper rationalisation defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires 1n systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale Syn|Hypo|Hyper rationalisation, systematisation, systematization codification the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order formalisation, formalizationthe act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions) organisation, organization the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically 2n the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency 3Syn|Hyper rationalisation organisation, organization the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business n (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|Hyper rationalisation simplification elimination of superfluous details |
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