Rationalization [racionalizace]

topical
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Definition

A defense mechanism operating unconsciously, in which the individual attempts to justify or make consciously tolerable, by plausible means, feelings, behavior, and motives that would otherwise be intolerable.

Annotation
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DUI
D011908 MeSH Browser
CUI
M0018510
History note
91(75); was see under DEFENSE MECHANISMS 1975-90
Online note
search DEFENSE MECHANISMS 1966-74
Public note
91; was see under DEFENSE MECHANISMS 1975-90

F Psychiatry and Psychology
F01 Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms 622
F01.393 Defense Mechanisms 151
F01.393.047 Acting Out 3
F01.393.200 Denial, Psychological 22
F01.393.246 Displacement, Psychological 2
F01.393.351 Fantasy 76
F01.393.398 Helplessness, Learned 12
F01.393.446 Identification, Psychological 106
F01.393.537 Information Avoidance
F01.393.628 Perceptual Defense 12
F01.393.661 Procrastination 2
F01.393.693 Projection 28
F01.393.746 Rationalization 58
F01.393.784 Regression, Psychology 38
F01.393.821 Repression, Psychology 14
F01.393.898 Sublimation, Psychological 5
F02 Psychological Phenomena 235
F03 Mental Disorders 4 875
F04 Behavioral Disciplines and Activities 43

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