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Rationalization vs Ratiocination - What's the difference?

rationalization | ratiocination |

As nouns the difference between rationalization and ratiocination

is that rationalization is the process, or result of rationalizing while ratiocination is reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.

rationalization

English

Alternative forms

*rationalisation

Noun

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

    * reasoning, rationale *(reorganization of a company or organization) consolidation *(concealment of true motivation) *(simplification of a mathematical expression)

    ratiocination

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Reasoning, conscious deliberate inference; the activity or process of reasoning.
  • * 1663 ,
  • He'd run in debt by disputation, \ And pay with ratiocination.
  • * 1916 , New York Times, " Suffrage at Chicago"
  • It is hard to follow the kinks of woman suffrage ratiocination .
  • Thought or reasoning that is exact, valid and rational.
  • A proposition arrived at by such thought.
  • Synonyms

    * reasoning

    See also

    * logic * syllogism

    References

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