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Noun [English]

Forms: rationalizations [plural]
Etymology: First attested in 1831. From French rationalisation, equivalent to rational + -ization or rationalize + -ation. Etymology templates: {{etydate/the|1831}} 1831, {{etydate|1831}} First attested in 1831, {{der|en|fr|rationalisation}} French rationalisation, {{suf|en|rational|ization}} rational + -ization, {{suf|en|rationalize|ation}} rationalize + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} rationalization (countable and uncountable, plural rationalizations)
  1. The process or result of rationalizing. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (process or result of rationalizing): rationaalistaminen (Finnish), järkiperäistäminen (Finnish), rationalisointi (Finnish), järkeily (Finnish), päättely (Finnish), rationalisation [feminine] (French), Rationalisierung [feminine] (German), észszerűsítés (Hungarian), racionalizálás (Hungarian), racjonalizacja [feminine] (Polish), racionalização [feminine] (Portuguese), рационализа́ция (racionalizácija) [feminine] (Russian), racionalización [feminine] (Spanish), rasyonalizasyon (Turkish), rasyonelleştirme (Turkish)
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  2. A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: rationale, reasoning Translations (statement of one's motives): perustelu (Finnish), rationalisation [feminine] (French)
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  3. A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: consolidation Translations (reorganization of a company): рационализация (racionalizacija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), racionalizace [feminine] (Czech), järkeistäminen (Finnish), rationalisointi (Finnish), tehostaminen (Finnish), rationalisation [feminine] (French), racionalizácia (Slovak)
    Sense id: en-rationalization-en-noun-jw6Ktbh6 Disambiguation of 'reorganization of a company': 1 1 96 1 1
  4. (psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Psychiatry Translations (concealment of true motivation): racionalizace [feminine] (Czech), rationalisatie [feminine] (Dutch), rationaalistaminen (Finnish), megideologizálás (Hungarian), racionalizácia (Slovak)
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  5. (mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Mathematics Translations (simplification of a mathematical expression): sieventäminen (Finnish), rationalisation [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-rationalization-en-noun-4ZU-kc~M Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 31 7 33 18 Topics: mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'simplification of a mathematical expression': 2 7 2 6 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rationalisation Derived forms: backward rationalization, rationalization hamster

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Coordinate term: casuistry"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The process or result of rationalizing."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rationalizing",
          "rationalize"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "statement",
          "statement"
        ],
        [
          "motive",
          "motive"
        ],
        [
          "cause",
          "cause"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "rationale"
        },
        {
          "word": "reasoning"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "reorganization",
          "reorganization"
        ],
        [
          "company",
          "company"
        ],
        [
          "organization",
          "organization"
        ],
        [
          "improve",
          "improve"
        ],
        [
          "efficiency",
          "efficiency"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "consolidation"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Psychiatry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "psychiatry",
          "psychiatry"
        ],
        [
          "concealment",
          "concealment"
        ],
        [
          "motivation",
          "motivation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "medicine",
        "psychiatry",
        "psychology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The simplification of an expression without changing its value."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "simplification",
          "simplification"
        ],
        [
          "expression",
          "expression"
        ],
        [
          "value",
          "value"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "rationalisation"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "word": "rationaalistaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "word": "järkiperäistäminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "word": "rationalisointi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "word": "järkeily"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "word": "päättely"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rationalisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Rationalisierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "word": "észszerűsítés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "word": "racionalizálás"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "racjonalizacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "racionalização"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "racionalizácija",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рационализа́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "racionalización"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "word": "rasyonalizasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "process or result of rationalizing",
      "word": "rasyonelleştirme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "statement of one's motives",
      "word": "perustelu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "statement of one's motives",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rationalisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "racionalizacija",
      "sense": "reorganization of a company",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рационализация"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "reorganization of a company",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "racionalizace"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reorganization of a company",
      "word": "järkeistäminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reorganization of a company",
      "word": "rationalisointi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reorganization of a company",
      "word": "tehostaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reorganization of a company",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rationalisation"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "reorganization of a company",
      "word": "racionalizácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "concealment of true motivation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "racionalizace"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "concealment of true motivation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rationalisatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "concealment of true motivation",
      "word": "rationaalistaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "concealment of true motivation",
      "word": "megideologizálás"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "concealment of true motivation",
      "word": "racionalizácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "simplification of a mathematical expression",
      "word": "sieventäminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "simplification of a mathematical expression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rationalisation"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "rationalization"
  ],
  "word": "rationalization"
}

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