rationalization

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

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