(פ') לעשות רציונליזציות, לנמק, לחפש נימוקים לאחר מעשה, לנסות לספק הסברים לדבר שכבר קרה (גם rationalise)

v. invent possible reasons for an action which are not the true reasons; make something more logical, interpret something rationally; make a company more effective by joining or stopping certain activities (also rationalise)

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Verb
1. defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; "rationalize the child's seemingly crazy behavior"; "he rationalized his lack of success"
(synonym) apologize, apologise, excuse, justify, rationalise
(hypernym) defend, support, fend for
(hyponym) color, colour, gloss
(derivation) rationalization, rationalisation
2. weed out unwanted or unnecessary things; "We had to lose weight, so we cut the sugar from our diet"
(synonym) cut, prune, rationalise
(hypernym) eliminate, get rid of, do away with
3. structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results; "We rationalized the factory's production and raised profits"
(synonym) rationalise
(hypernym) organize, organise
(derivation) rationalization, rationalisation
4. think rationally; employ logic or reason; "When one wonders why one is doing certain things, one should rationalize"
(synonym) rationalise
(hypernym) think, cogitate, cerebrate
(derivation) systematization, systematisation, rationalization, rationalisation
5. remove irrational quantities from; "This function can be rationalized"
(synonym) rationalise
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(derivation) rationalization, rationalisation
(classification) mathematics, math, maths

v. racionalizovat; rozumově zdůvodnit; odůvodnit si; zefektivnit; zhospodárnit

Czas. uzasadniać; usprawiedliwiać; racjonalizować; usprawniać