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rationalization

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15 lettersPronunciation /ˌræʃ(ə)n(ə)laɪˈzeɪʃn̩/Part of speech nounSorted aaaiiilnnoorttzStarts with REnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

First attested in 1831. From French rationalisation, equivalent to rational + -ization or rationalize + -ation.

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  • Some rationalization of the language of his lectures is, of course, necessary.
  • Her self-flagellating rationalization for the theft was mostly ignored by the jury.
  • But, he insisted, he was neither a “Union Saver” nor a “freedom shrieker.” He rejected all high-flown rationalizations for the war effort — “to hell with the devilish twaddle about freedom.”

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