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Rationalization vs Modernization - What's the difference?

rationalization | modernization |

As nouns the difference between rationalization and modernization

is that rationalization is the process, or result of rationalizing while modernization is the process of modernizing.

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)

    modernization

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia modernization)
  • the process of modernizing

    • Alternative forms

    * modernisation

    Related terms

    * modernize * modernizer