backward rationalize
English
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backward rationalize (third-person singular simple present backward rationalizes, present participle backward rationalizing, simple past and past participle backward rationalized)Category:English lemmas#BACKWARDRATIONALIZECategory:English verbs#BACKWARDRATIONALIZECategory:English multiword terms#BACKWARDRATIONALIZECategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BACKWARDRATIONALIZECategory:Pages with entries#BACKWARD%20RATIONALIZECategory:Pages with 1 entry#BACKWARD%20RATIONALIZE
- (psychologyCategory:en:Psychology#BACKWARDRATIONALIZE, ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#BACKWARDRATIONALIZECategory:English intransitive verbs#BACKWARDRATIONALIZE) To construct or invent an explanation for an action, decision, or outcome after it has already occurred, rather than reasoning from it beforehand.