rationalization
Example Sentences
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It brushes away the geopolitical rationalizations offered elsewhere for his continuing the war.
In Funston’s evolution, Mr. Jackson finds the embodiment of his argument that Americans have often twisted their lofty ideals of spreading liberty into rationalizations for ruthlessness.
“Marketplace is undergoing a rationalization, addition by subtraction, as we reduce our exposure while the risk pool stabilizes,” Zubretsky said, according to a FactSet transcript.
From MarketWatch
Because, as slumping closer Tanner Scott came trotting into a nightmare ninth inning in Baltimore on Saturday night, the club’s color analyst on SportsNet LA immediately tried to offer a rationalization for his entrance.
From Los Angeles Times
This form of rationalization and denial is embarrassingly evident in a recent apologia by David Brooks, the New York Times’ notion of an ideal conservative.
From Salon
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