rationalization
psychological defense mechanism in which controversial behaviors or feelings are justified and explained in a seemingly rational or logical manner to avoid the true explanation
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rationalization
Summary
rationalization ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- rationalization's subclass of is recorded as defence mechanism[2].
- rationalization's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[3].
- rationalization's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D011908[4].
- rationalization's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05p_0l[5].
- rationalization's MeSH tree code is recorded as F01.393.746[6].
- rationalization's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/rationalization-psychology[7].
- rationalization's different from is recorded as rationalism[8].
- rationalization's different from is recorded as rationality[9].
- rationalization's different from is recorded as Rationalization[10].
- rationalization's uses is recorded as cognitive bias[11].
- rationalization's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as rationalisation-psychanalyse[12].
- rationalization's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 154821213[13].
- rationalization's KBpedia ID is recorded as Rationalization[14].
- rationalization's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as ratsionalizatsiia-v-psikhologii-528984[15].
Why It Matters
rationalization ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (174 views/month).[1] rationalization has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] rationalization is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]