Rationalization
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Rationalization may refer to:
- Rationalization (sociology)Rationalization (sociology)Rationalization is a term used in sociology to refer to a process in which an increasing number of social actions become based on considerations of teleological efficiency or calculation rather than on motivations derived from morality, emotion, custom, or tradition...
, the means of transition from a traditional society into a rationalized one - Rationalization (making excuses), the process of constructing a logical justification for a decision that was originally arrived at through a different mental process
- Rationalization (economics)Rationalization (economics)In economics, rationalization is an attempt to change a pre-existing ad hoc workflow into one that is based on a set of published rules. There is a tendency in modern times to quantify experience, knowledge, and work. Means-end rationality is used to precisely calculate that which is necessary to...
, an attempt to change a pre-existing ad-hoc workflow into one that is based on a set of published rules. Also, business jargon for a reduction in numbers - Rationalisation (mathematics)Rationalisation (mathematics)In elementary algebra, root rationalisation is a process by which surds in the denominator of an irrational fraction are eliminated.These surds may be monomials or binomials involving square roots, in simple examples...
, the process of removing a square root or imaginary number from the denominator of a fraction