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rationalisation
Overview of noun rationalisation
The noun rationalisation has 5 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. rationalization, rationalisation -- ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening)
2. rationalization, rationalisation -- (the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason)
3. rationalization, rationalisation -- ((mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation)
4. rationalization, rationalisation -- (the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency)
5. systematization, systematisation, rationalization, rationalisation -- (systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rationalisation
5 senses of rationalisation
Sense 1
rationalization, rationalisation
=> defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
=> psychoanalytic process
=> human process
=> process, physical process
=> physical entity
=> entity
=> process, unconscious process
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
rationalization, rationalisation
=> explanation
=> thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, intellection, mentation
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
rationalization, rationalisation
=> simplification
=> elimination, riddance
=> removal, remotion
=> separation
=> change of integrity
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
rationalization, rationalisation
=> organization, organisation
=> administration, disposal
=> management, direction
=> social control
=> group action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
systematization, systematisation, rationalization, rationalisation
=> organization, organisation
=> activity
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun rationalisation
2 of 5 senses of rationalisation
Sense 2
rationalization, rationalisation
=> raison d'etre
Sense 5
systematization, systematisation, rationalization, rationalisation
=> codification
=> formalization, formalisation
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rationalisation
5 senses of rationalisation
Sense 1
rationalization, rationalisation
=> defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
Sense 2
rationalization, rationalisation
=> explanation
Sense 3
rationalization, rationalisation
=> simplification
Sense 4
rationalization, rationalisation
=> organization, organisation
Sense 5
systematization, systematisation, rationalization, rationalisation
=> organization, organisation
Antonyms of noun rationalisation
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Attributes of noun rationalisation
Derived Forms of noun rationalisation
4 of 5 senses of rationalisation
Sense 2
rationalization, rationalisation
RELATED TO>(verb) rationalise#2
=> apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalize, rationalise
Sense 3
rationalization, rationalisation
RELATED TO>(verb) rationalise#4
=> rationalize, rationalise
Sense 4
rationalization, rationalisation
RELATED TO>(verb) rationalise#1
=> rationalize, rationalise
Sense 5
systematization, systematisation, rationalization, rationalisation
RELATED TO>(verb) rationalise#3
=> rationalize, rationalise
Domain of noun rationalisation
2 of 5 senses of rationalisation
Sense 1
rationalization, rationalisation
TOPIC>(noun) psychiatry#1, psychopathology#2, psychological medicine#1
Sense 3
rationalization, rationalisation
TOPIC>(noun) mathematics#1, math#1, maths#1
Domain Terms of noun rationalisation
Familiarity of noun rationalisation
rationalisation used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun rationalisation
5 senses of rationalisation
Sense 1
rationalization, rationalisation
> defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence
=> compensation
=> conversion
=> denial
=> displacement
=> idealization, idealisation
=> intellectualization, intellectualisation
=> isolation
=> projection
=> rationalization, rationalisation
=> reaction formation
=> regression
=> repression
Sense 2
rationalization, rationalisation
> explanation
=> interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering
=> rationale, principle
=> key
=> rationalization, rationalisation
=> theory
Sense 3
rationalization, rationalisation
> simplification
=> oversimplification, simplism
=> rationalization, rationalisation
Sense 4
rationalization, rationalisation
> organization, organisation
=> nonprofit organization, nonprofit, not-for-profit
=> rationalization, rationalisation
=> reorganization, reorganisation, shake-up, shakeup
=> self-organization, self-organisation
=> syndication
Sense 5
systematization, systematisation, rationalization, rationalisation
> organization, organisation
=> randomization, randomisation
=> systematization, systematisation, rationalization, rationalisation
=> order, ordering
=> listing, itemization, itemisation
=> territorialization, territorialisation
Meronyms of noun rationalisation
5 senses of rationalisation
Sense 2
rationalization, rationalisation
=> explanation
HAS PART: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone
Holonyms of noun rationalisation
Grep of noun rationalisation
rationalisation
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