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}]