rationalization

Meaning

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.

Synonyms

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

Translations

rationalisation

racionalización

razionalizzazione

Rationalisierung

racionalização

racionalització

ترشيد

تسْوِيغ

Kasuistik

تبْرِير

Anwendung von Grundsätzen auf Einzelfälle

Gewissenslehre

εξυγίανση

تبرير

Etymology

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