Intellectualization vs. Rationalization

Intellectualizationnoun

The act or process of intellectualizing.

Intellectualizationnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict

Intellectualization

In psychology, intellectualization is a defense mechanism by which reasoning is used to block confrontation with an unconscious conflict and its associated emotional stress – where thinking is used to avoid feeling. It involves removing one's self, emotionally, from a stressful event.

Rationalizationnoun

The process, or result of rationalizing.

Rationalizationnoun

A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event.

Rationalizationnoun

A reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency.

Rationalizationnoun

(psychiatry) The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way.

Rationalizationnoun

(mathematics) The simplification of an expression without changing its value.

Rationalizationnoun

The act or process of rationalizing.

Rationalizationnoun

the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason

Rationalizationnoun

(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening

Rationalizationnoun

(mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation

Rationalizationnoun

the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency

Rationalizationnoun

systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale