合ごう理り化か

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

rationalization; justification

General act of making something logical, reasonable, or justified; often used for explaining or reinterpreting actions, decisions, or systems in a rational light.

• 彼かれは自じ分ぶんの行こう動どうを合ごう理り化かしようとした。

  He tried to rationalize his own actions.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

streamlining; making efficient; rationalization (business)

Business and industrial context: reorganizing processes, cutting waste, and improving efficiency; often implies restructuring or downsizing.

• 会かい社しゃは経けい費ひ削さく減げんのために業ぎょう務むの合ごう理り化かを進すすめている。

  The company is promoting the streamlining of operations to cut costs.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

rationalization (psychology)

Psychological defense mechanism: constructing logical but false explanations to justify one's own behavior or feelings, often unconsciously.

• 心しん理り学がくでは、合ごう理り化かは防ぼう衛えい機き制せいの一ひとつとされる。

  In psychology, rationalization is considered one of the defense mechanisms.