rationalization

But there are two problems with those Trump voters’ self-comforting rationalizations.

His glib lies and rationalizations don't confuse most people on this front.

Domestic terrorists are generally people — mostly men — who are lost souls that glom onto half-baked political rationalizations.

Throughout the book, Weaver personifies anxiety as an entity with worries, fears and rationalizations.

AI technologies like The Gospel function more as a tool for “post-hoc rationalization of mass killing and destruction rather than promoting 'precision,'” Moses said.