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rationalize
verb
1. To provide plausible but untrue reasons for conduct.
2. To apply the principles of scientific management to (as an industry or its operations) for a desired result (as increased efficiency).
3. To free (a mathematical expression) from irrational parts .
4. To create an excuse or more attractive explanation for .
5. To attribute (one's actions) to and creditable motives without analysis of true and especially unconscious motives .
verb-intransitive
1. To think in a rational or rationalistic way.
verb-transitive
1. Chiefly British To bring modern, efficient methods to (an industry, for example).
2. Mathematics To remove radicals, such as from a denominator, without changing the value of (an expression) or roots of (an equation).
3. To interpret from a rational standpoint.
4. To make rational.
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