rationalization
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Noun
- The cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
- (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
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Words that contain the term "rationalization".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rationalization | 6 | 2 |
| 2 | rationalizations | 6 | 1 |
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Words that sound like the term "rationalization".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reorganization | 6 | 27 |
| 2 | rehabilitation | 6 | 22 |
| 3 | representation | 5 | 18 |
| 4 | reconstruction | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | reconsideration | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | procrastination | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | prognostication | 5 | 1 |
| 8 | recalculation | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | reconciliation | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | reexamination | 6 | 1 |
| 11 | criminalization | 6 | 0 |
| 12 | radicalization | 6 | 0 |
| 13 | recertification | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | reincorporation | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | reintroduction | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | revitalization | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | transplantation | 4 | 0 |
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Words that are spelled similarly to the term "rationalization".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
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| 1 | realization | 4 | 24 |
| 2 | utilization | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | rationalize | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | rationalizations | 6 | 1 |
| 5 | nationalizing | 5 | 1 |
| 6 | renationalization | 7 | 0 |
| 7 | nationalization | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | nationalizations | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | denationalization | 7 | 0 |
| 10 | rationalizing | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | internationalization | 8 | 0 |
| 12 | denationalizations | 7 | 0 |
| 13 | radicalization | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | personalization | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | marginalization | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | ionization | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | criminalization | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | fertilization | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | brutalization | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | recapitalization | 7 | 0 |
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "rationalization".
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Term
Definitions: 5
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 17
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
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