Mind
Mind noun - The part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons.
Rationalization and mind are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rationalization" instead a noun "Mind".
Rationalization
Rationalization noun - The cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason.
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Synonyms for Rationalization
Mind and rationalization are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Mind" instead a noun "Rationalization".
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- In any event, people aren't fully cognizant of all the processes going on in either body or mind, and their choices aren't fully rational (though if you ask them about it, you'll probably get an excellent post hoc rationalization attempting to justify it).
Source: Useful Notes / Evolution -
After some initial reluctance, they take the jobs anyway, as they feel that taking them was "God's will." In any other story, the following rationalization would be Foreshadowing of some kind of FaceHeel Turn, even if we didn't already know that the Big Bad was capable of mind control.
Source: Literature / Left Behind - Some can look at his past matches with the rationalization that he was a different person before losing his mind, while others can't look past the amount of head trauma in an average Benoit match (his match with Jericho, once considered the greatest ladder match, is now a cringe worthy affair).
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