rationalization

Example Sentences

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This strain of rationalization feels familiar because it is universal: It’s how power corrupts and how the powerful sleep at night.

From Los Angeles Times

But rather than abandon this dumb-as-nails talking point, right-wing media has been working overtime trying to backfill the "woke banks" gambit with post hoc rationalizations.

From Salon

Surface rationalizations, some of which people may even start to believe, are more palatable.

From Salon

Do you enjoy having to build a little shield of rationalizations, omissions, justifications and defiance, just to do one innocent thing you have an absolute right to do?

From Washington Post

But the aggressiveness of the right has turned this procedural delicacy into a rationalization for surrender.

From Washington Post