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15 letters · 24 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
noun (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
noun (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation
originFirst attested in 1831. From French rationalisation, equivalent to rational + -ization or rationalize + -ation.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- latinization 21
- notarization 21
- lionization 20
- intrazonal 19
- ionization 19
- alizarin 17
- zonation 17
- triazin 16
- tzarina 16
- zoarial 16
- azonal 15
- tarzan 15