rationalization
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Rationalization, confirmation bias, and the desire to avoid regret over irreversible actions all make people very willing to throw their past selves under the bus.
From Slate • Mar. 5, 2015
Reggie Bush Rationalization Season is upon us, a time to examine all of the underlying reasons for Bush’s slow start while missing the main reason: he simply is not very good.
From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2011
"Rationalization in our industry is a very slow death," said one industry executive, who did not want to be named because of the sensitivity of the issue.
From Reuters • May 24, 2011
A companion bill for "Rationalization . . . and the Development of Economical Activity" would have empowered an economic dictator to fire company directors, effect mergers, expand or limit production, or even confiscate industries.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rationalization: The process of substituting a plausible, false explanation for a repressed, unconscious desire.
From Outwitting Our Nerves A Primer of Psychotherapy by Jackson, Josephine A.
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