rationalization

IPA: ræʃʌnʌɫɪzˈeɪʃʌn

The process or result of rationalizing.
A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency.
(psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
(mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.

Examples of "rationalization" in Sentences

But a difference in the style of rationalization is not superficial.
Now you come back and sayâ€ ™ I am not Frenchâ€ ™; what kind of rationalization is that.
Even if their rationalization is that Bush and national Republican Party aren't true conservatives.
Your rationalization is akin to a wife beater excusing his behavior because they were abused as a child.
And this specialization, of course, also has resulted in rationalization of the world's resource business.
This time around I had to submit to a drug screen as well as lifting at least 60 lbs …. the rationalization is I need to be able to lift my patients with assistance.
As a libertarian a huge amount of internal rationalization is needed for why the certain areas of government * you* find acceptable should be the entire scope of government.
“Watering the seeds of self defeating thought with rationalization is how mediocrity blossoms but allowing your branches to live in the light of the truth is how the fruit of your love will bare.”
What disturbs me about this kind of rationalization is that it ignores the simple fact that handing over prisoners to an authority that is known to practice torture is a violation of the Geneva Conventions and is therefore A WAR CRIME.