rasionalisasi

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch rationalisatie, from French rationalisation.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /rasionaliˈsasi/ [ra.si.o.na.liˈsa.si]
  • Rhymes: -asi
  • Syllabification: ra‧si‧o‧na‧li‧sa‧si

Noun

rasionalisasi (plural rasionalisasi-rasionalisasi)

  1. rationalization, rationalisation:
    1. the process or result of rationalizing
    2. a statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event
    3. (business, economics) the reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency through the reallocation of resources and changes in its workforce
      Synonym: konsolidasi
    4. (psychiatry, psychology) the concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way

Derived terms

  • dirasionalisasi
  • merasionalisasi

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