rationalisation
noun
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Sense 1 noun
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
Types & categories
- defence hypernym
Related & opposite
- psychiatry domain topic
Sense 2 noun
the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
Types & categories
- explanation hypernym
- raison d'etre hyponym
Related & opposite
- rationalize derivation
Sense 3 noun
(mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation
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- simplification hypernym
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- rationalise derivation
- mathematics domain topic
Sense 4 noun
the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency
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- organization hypernym
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- rationalise derivation
Sense 5 noun
systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale
Types & categories
- organization hypernym
- codification hyponym
- formalization hyponym
Related & opposite
- systematize derivation
- rationalise derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychiatry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | defence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | rationalize |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | explanation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | raison d'etre |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rationalise |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | mathematics |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | simplification |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | rationalise |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | organization |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | systematize |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rationalise |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | organization |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | codification |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | formalization |