See rationalization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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{
"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"
}
],
"word": "rationalization"
}
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