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rationalization, in psychology: see defense mechanism defense mechanism, in psychoanalysis, any of a variety of unconscious personality reactions which the ego uses to protect the conscious mind from threatening feelings and perceptions. ..... Click the link for more information. . rationalization [‚rash·ən·əl·ə′zā·shən] (psychology) A defense mechanism against difficult and unpleasant situations in which the individual attempts to use plausible means to justify or defend the unacceptable situations. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Weddings are big business in Japan, and as time means money, conveyor belt systematisation has taken hold. This generates large banks of official statistics about the state and its citizens which, along with other technical apparatus of governmentality, facilitate the purpose of systematisation and control of the state (Dandeker 1990, Dean 1994, Giddens 1990). On the other hand, Carlile's political-economic case study on the systematisation of the big business community, zaikai, and the consolidation of government-business ties points out "limits on the degree to which the massification of Taisho Democracy could unfold" (p. |
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