rationalization

Other forms of rationalization

plural

rationalizations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about rationalization

What does rationalization mean?

rationalization means "the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in rationalization?

rationalization has 6 syllables: rat-io-na-li-za-tion. The stress falls on "za". In IPA it is /ˌɹæʃənəlɪˈzeɪʃən/.

What is another word for rationalization?

Close synonyms include rationalisation, rationalisation, rationalisation, rationalisation, systematization. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is rationalization a common word?

rationalization is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with rationalization?

94 words rhyme with rationalization. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.