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Examples of rationalization

rationalization
The possibilities of rationalization and acquiescence exist when self-reports of personal feelings are elicited by an interviewer or selfcompletion questionnaire.
Behind global economic rationalization is an emphasis on libertarian freedom and efficiency, not equality or democracy.
However, this rationalization for the lack of behavioural alterations in infected grass shrimps needs further experimentation.
Although institutional rationalization has included both intersectoral and decentralized authorities, many institutions are still weak.
Or beliefs about consequences may only be rationalizations of preferred levels.
Although such a scheme may not induce rationalization of waste generation, collection costs are low and effective, and the concessionaire is encouraged to operate efficiently.
A large body of literature has sought to provide a rationalization of this assumption consistent with the theory of rational choice.
We can equally dismiss a posteriori rationalizations of design intent as self-serving, and atomistic efforts to include intent as overly strong representation.
This article will argue that the adoption of the dollar as a distinctive denomination was not simply a matter of financial rationalization.
We could not find any obvious rationalization for this result.
I doubt many parents would find satisfaction in such tepid rationalizations.
Both countries' governments made efforts to promote rationalization in the 1920s.
This example is based on the experiences of the human code designer and his rationalization of beliefs and trust thresholds.
The process of rationalization is one of several defense mechanisms against the consequences of guilty thought and feelings having been repressed into the unconscious.
Combined with family politics, this meant that the unprecedented growth of bureaucracy in the 1950s was not accompanied by much rationalization.
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