| rationalisation | |
noun | |
| 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] |