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• rationalisation

Noun

rationalization ‎(countable and uncountable, plural rationalizations)

1. The process, or result of rationalizing.
2. A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
3. A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency.
4. (psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
5. (mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.

Synonyms

• (statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event): reasoning, rationale
• (reorganization of a company or organization): consolidation
• (concealment of true motivation):
• (simplification of a mathematical expression):

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