rationalization
nounHow many syllables in rationalization?
There are 6 syllables in the word rationalization.How to pronounce rationalization:
Definition of rationalization:
- rationalization (noun):
- a point presented to support or oppose a proposition
- the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason.
- the act, process, or result of rationalizing a way of describing, interpreting, or explaining something (such as bad behavior) that makes it seem proper, more attractive, etc.
Synonyms for rationalization:
account
accounting
alibi
apology
appeal
argument
basis
case
defence
defense
excuse
explanation
grounds
guise
justification
plea
pretence
pretense
pretext
rationale
rationalisation
reason
systematisation
systematization
vindication
Antonyms for rationalization:
irrationality
nonsense
reality
truth
Here are some other common 6-syllable words.
- proportionately
- egalitarian
- peculiarity
- functionality
- parliamentary
- photographically
- circumlocutory
- capitalization
- illegitimately
- contemporaneously
- amiability
- authoritatively
- insubordination
- unexceptional
- incapacitation
- indecipherable
- impressionable
- recriminatory
- uncharacteristic
- unceremonious
- eighty one twenty eight
- replaceability
- overpopulation
- curie-temperature
- environmentalist
- hippopotamuses
- sentimentality
- diabolically
- nonchronological
- effectuality
- meteorologist
- physiotherapy
- cannibalization
- abdominoscopy
- eleven eighty two
- inconsiderable
- unquestionable
- antepenultimate
- paradoxically
- incontrovertible
- nineteen seventy
- oleomargarine
- advisability
- plenipotentiary
- ratiocination
- conversationalist
- extraordinary
- sympathetically
- maher-shalal-hash-baz
- prestidigitation
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