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Traditionalism vs Rationalization - What's the difference?

traditionalism | rationalization |

As nouns the difference between traditionalism and rationalization

is that traditionalism is the adherence to traditional views or practices, especially with regard to cultural or religious matters while rationalization is the process, or result of rationalizing.

traditionalism

Noun

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  • The adherence to traditional views or practices, especially with regard to cultural or religious matters.
  • A philosophical system which makes tradition the supreme criterion and rule of certitude; the doctrine that human reason is of itself radically unable to know with certainty any truth or, at least, the fundamental truths of the metaphysical, moral, and religious order.
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  • Antonyms

    * rationalism

    rationalization

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    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)