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Difference Between Consolidation and Rationalization

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Consolidation

The act or process of consolidating.

Rationalization

The act, process, or practice of rationalizing.

Consolidation

The state of being consolidated.

Rationalization

An instance of rationalizing.

Consolidation

The merger of two or more commercial interests or corporations.
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Rationalization

The process, or result of rationalizing.

Consolidation

The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated

Rationalization

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

Consolidation

The combination of several actions into one.

Rationalization

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

(medicine) A solidification into a firm dense mass. It is usually applied to induration (swelling or hardening of normally soft tissue) of a normally aerated lung.

Rationalization

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

Consolidation

The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.
The consolidation of the marble and of the stone did not fall out at random.
The consolidation of the great European monarchies.

Rationalization

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

Consolidation

To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation.

Rationalization

The act or process of rationalizing.

Consolidation

The combination of several actions into one.

Rationalization

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

Consolidation

Combining into a solid mass

Rationalization

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

Consolidation

The act of combining into an integral whole;
A consolidation of two corporations
After their consolidation the two bills were passed unanimously
The defendants asked for a consolidation of the actions against them

Rationalization

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

Consolidation

Something that has consolidated into a compact mass;
He dropped the consolidation into the acid bath

Rationalization

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

Rationalization

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

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