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Rationalization is an Awareness Reduction Mechanisms that the Bodily Ego uses to avoid the guilt and shame that comes from engaging in unaligned and disjunctive behaviours.
Other Awareness Reduction Mechanisms
Awareness Reduction Mechanisms > Avoidance, Denial, Displacement, Dissociation, Distortion, Distraction, Diversion, Gaslighting, Intellectualization, Internalization, Projection, Rationalization, Reaction Formation, Regression, Repression, Sublimation
Related Terms
Awareness Reduction Mechanisms > Ego Threat, Unwanted Self
Notes
An individual will rationalize their exploitation of child labour, for example, by saying things like "It helps their economy or their family," effectively suppressing the reality of their exploitation by covering it over with a rationalized veneer.
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