rationalisation

Meanings

Plural: rationalisations

Noun

• (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
• the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
• (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation
• the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency
• systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale
• Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of rationalization.

Synonyms

rationalization, systematisation, systematization