rationalisation

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rationalisation - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  rationalisation
      n 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, rationalisation]
      2: the cognitive process of making something seem consistent
         with or based on reason [syn: rationalization,
         rationalisation]
      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, rationalisation]
      4: the organization of a business according to scientific
         principles of management in order to increase efficiency
         [syn: rationalization, rationalisation]
      5: systematic organization; the act of organizing something
         according to a system or a rationale [syn: systematization,
         systematisation, rationalization, rationalisation]