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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
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- n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening
- n. the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
- n. (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation
- n. the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency
- n. systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale
- n (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening n the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason n (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation n the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency n systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale