rationalization
— Noun
– English
～ (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
rationalization
— Noun
– English
～ the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency
rationalization
— Noun
– English
～ the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
rationalize
— Verb
– English
～ defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
rationalize
— Verb
– English
～ weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
rationalize away
— Verb
– English
～ substitute a natural for a supernatural explanation of; "you can rationalize away all the strange noises you hear--there is no poltergeist in the house!"
rationalize
— Verb
– English
～ remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
rationalize
— Verb
– English
～ think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"
rationalize
— Verb
– English
～ structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"
rationally
— Adverb
– English
～ in a rational manner; "we must act rationally"
rationalness
— Noun
– English
～ the quality of being consistent with or based on logic
rationed
— Adjective
– English
～ distributed equitably in limited individual portions; "got along as best we could on rationed meat and sugar"
rationing
— Noun
– English
～ the act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline"
Ratitae
— Noun
– English
～ used in former classifications to include all ratite bird orders
ratite bird
— Noun
– English
～ flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
ratite
— Noun
– English
～ flightless birds having flat breastbones lacking a keel for attachment of flight muscles: ostriches; cassowaries; emus; moas; rheas; kiwis; elephant birds
ratlike
— Adjective
– English
～ resembling or characteristic of a rat
ratlin
— Noun
– English
～ (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft
ratline
— Noun
– English
～ (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft
ratsbane
— Noun
– English
～ a white powdered poisonous trioxide of arsenic; used in manufacturing glass and as a pesticide (rat poison) and weed killer