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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Defense Mechanisms > Rationalization

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Rationalization  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

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.

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