rationalization

Signification (Anglais)

1. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms.
2. (countable, uncountable) A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
3. (countable, uncountable) The reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency through the reallocation of resources and changes in its workforce.
4. (countable, uncountable) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
5. (countable, uncountable) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.

Concepts

rationalisation

casuistique

systématisation

Synonymes

rationalisation

improvement

systematisation

systematization

justification

innovatory

ratiocination

rationalise

rationalize

reason

reasoning

efficiency promotion

application of modern means of efficiency

argumentation

rationalisation

casuistry

combination

explanation

innovative

Traductions

racionalización

razionalizzazione

Rationalisierung

racionalização

ترشيد

racionalització

sistematització

Kasuistik

Anwendung von Grundsätzen auf Einzelfälle

Gewissenslehre

εξυγίανση

λογικοποίηση

ορθολογική εξήγηση

casistica

Étymologie (Anglais)

First attested in 1831. From French rationalisation, equivalent to rational + -ization or rationalize + -ation.