psychiatry A defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening.

synonym: rationalization.

Dutch: rationalisatie

The cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason.

synonym: rationalization.

mathematics The simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation.

synonym: rationalization.

The organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency.

synonym: rationalization.

Systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale.

synonyms: rationalization, systematisation, systematization.

Dutch: systematisering
Polish: systematyzacja