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Rationalizing

verb
Word Frequency: 0.5

Definitions

1.verbTo make something rational or more rational.
2.verbTo justify an immoral act, or illogical behaviour. “The process of thought by which one justifies a discreditable act, and by which one offers to oneself and the world a better motive for one's action than the true motive”
3.verbTo remove radicals, without changing the value of an expression or the roots of an equation.
4.verbTo structure something along modern, efficient and systematic lines, or according to scientific principles. This often includes eliminating duplication and grouping like or similar items.
5.nounThe act of one who rationalizes.

Synonyms

justifyexcuseapologizeapologisecutprunerationaliserationalisationrationalitymainstreamingsimplificationsystematize

Rhymes With

patronizingscrutinizingself-aggrandizingenterprisingtantalizingmesmerizingrisingdemoralizing
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