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- Dictionaryra·tion·al·ize/ˈraSHənlˌīz/
verb
- 1. attempt to explain or justify (one's own or another's behavior or attitude) with logical, plausible reasons, even if these are not true or appropriate: "she couldn't rationalize her urge to return to the cottage" Similar
- 2. make (a company, process, or industry) more efficient, especially by dispensing with superfluous personnel or equipment: British "his success was due primarily to his ability to rationalize production"
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The meaning of RATIONALIZE is to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable. How to use rationalize in a sentence.
RATIONALIZE definition: 1. to try to find reasons to explain your behaviour, decisions, etc.: 2. to make a company, way of…. Learn more.
RATIONALIZE meaning: 1. to try to find reasons to explain your behaviour, decisions, etc.: 2. to make a company, way of…. Learn more.
Rationalize means to justify by developing a rationale, or a set of reasons for something. You could rationalize cutting school, saying your classes are boring, but you are still doing what you shouldn't be doing.
Rationalize definition: to ascribe (one's acts, opinions, etc.) to causes that superficially seem reasonable and valid but that actually are unrelated to the true, possibly unconscious and often less creditable or agreeable causes.. See examples of RATIONALIZE used in a sentence.
to devise superficially rational, or plausible, explanations or excuses for (one's acts, beliefs, desires, etc.), usually without being aware that these are not the real motives
1. to justify (one's actions, esp discreditable actions, or beliefs) with plausible reasons, esp after the event. 2. (Psychology) psychol to indulge, often unchallenged, in excuses for or explanations of (behaviour about which one feels uncomfortable or guilty) 3. to apply logic or reason to (something) 4.
[transitive, intransitive] rationalize (something) (British English) to make changes to a business, system, etc. in order to make it more efficient, especially by spending less money. Twenty workers lost their jobs when the department was rationalized.
to eliminate radicals from (an equation or expression): to rationalize the denominator of a fraction. Chiefly British . to reorganize and integrate (an industry).
If you try to rationalize attitudes or actions that are difficult to accept, you think of reasons to justify or explain them. He further rationalized his activity by convincing himself that he was actually promoting peace.
