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What does rationalization mean?

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Noun
  1. The process, or result of rationalizing.
  2. A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.
  3. A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency.
  4. (psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.
  5. (mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.
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A comprehensive policy of rationalization of the bureaucracy would take time.
To me this rationalization parallels the theosophical speculation of New Age favorites like Rudolf Steiner, not the medical knowledge of science.
Up until then, the company's growth primarily focused on the ongoing rationalization of manufacturing operations.
I have achieved significant rationalization of tax structures relating to both excise and customs duties.
No rationalization that human beings give for their cruelty or neglect is ever meaningful to him.
The company had to go into a major rationalization program of its manufacturing facilities and product portfolio.

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