Rationalizations is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Rationalizations meaning
plural of rationalization
Using Rationalizations
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of rationalization
- In the example corpus, rationalizations often appears in combinations such as: rationalizations for, rationalizations that.
Context around Rationalizations
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rationalizations
- In this selection, "rationalizations" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hundred, complex and convenient stand out and add context to how "rationalizations" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a hundred rationalizations for marrying and and absurd rationalizations for why. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rationalizations" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rationalizations
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gradually, events combine to strip Keller of his rationalizations. (9 words)
The time for excuses and convenient rationalizations for inaction has passed. (11 words)
He could easily have found a hundred rationalizations for marrying this girl. (12 words)
The difficulty we face can be explained when we grasp the nature of whiteness in a Freudian way, as one of the “complex rationalizations” that allows us to manage the “flood of instincts, deep-seated memories,” etc., emanating from the unconscious. (41 words)
I have had a number of conversations, most recently with a Mormon when we were both at the hardware store, and have listened to the most amazing rationalizations. (28 words)
Wang’s initial hissy-fit-driven move to Brooklyn inspired all sorts of rationalizations of how it was a savvy business decision—Brooklyn is full of people! (27 words)
Wang’s initial hissy-fit-driven move to Brooklyn inspired all sorts of rationalizations of how it was a savvy business decision—Brooklyn is full of people! (27 words)
Example sentences (11)
He could easily have found a hundred rationalizations for marrying this girl.
The excuses and rationalizations that we make for people who have injured us emotionally and even physically can go on and on — sometimes for a lifetime.
The difficulty we face can be explained when we grasp the nature of whiteness in a Freudian way, as one of the “complex rationalizations” that allows us to manage the “flood of instincts, deep-seated memories,” etc., emanating from the unconscious.
The time for excuses and convenient rationalizations for inaction has passed.
Reject their twisted and absurd rationalizations for why kids must die at the hands of mass shooters.
Wang’s initial hissy-fit-driven move to Brooklyn inspired all sorts of rationalizations of how it was a savvy business decision—Brooklyn is full of people!
I have had a number of conversations, most recently with a Mormon when we were both at the hardware store, and have listened to the most amazing rationalizations.
Gradually, events combine to strip Keller of his rationalizations.
It is an episodic account of her rationalizations to prove she is free, even though she is tethered at the end of her pimp's short leash.
Pasternak explained that neither character begins as a murderer, but becomes one by a set of faulty rationalizations and a belief that they are above the law.
Tertullian's intended readership was more likely to have been Christians whose faith was reinforced by Tertullian's defenses of faith against rationalizations.
Common combinations with rationalizations
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: