"backward rationalize" meaning in All languages combined

See backward rationalize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: backward rationalizes [present, singular, third-person], backward rationalizing [participle, present], backward rationalized [participle, past], backward rationalized [past], backward-rationalize [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|backward rationalizes|backward rationalizing|backward rationalized|backward rationalized}} backward rationalize (third-person singular simple present backward rationalizes, present participle backward rationalizing, simple past and past participle backward rationalized)
  1. (psychology, ambitransitive) To construct or invent an explanation for an action, decision, or outcome after it has already occurred, rather than reasoning from it beforehand. Tags: ambitransitive Derived forms: backward rationalization
    Sense id: en-backward_rationalize-en-verb-9DnzvjNt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Psychology Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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