The phrase "ability to rationalize" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's capacity to think logically or justify their thoughts and actions.
Example: "Her ability to rationalize her decisions helped her navigate complex situations with ease."
Alternatives: "capacity for reasoning" or "skill in justifying".
The human mind has a tremendous ability to rationalize, and the possibility of making millions of dollars invites some hard-core rationalization.
As Hoffman plays him he is fundamentally a coward, with an intellectual's well-developed ability to rationalize inaction.
If Foujita had one defining trait, though, it was the ability to rationalize and even boast about any course of action he chose.
The psychopathic tendency to not care about the consequences of their actions, no matter how badly they affect others, can be linked to their "remarkable ability to rationalize their behavior," Hare writes on PsychologyToday.com.com
For the most part, people have an amazing ability to rationalize their actions: objectively, they're cynically exploiting the rubes, but in their own minds they're honest warriors for Truth, Justice, and the Austrian Way.
To avoid starvation and maximize throughput, the SUs should have the ability to rationalize between channel access and channel switch in a smart way.
The most effective treatments were aimed at restraining both the pedophile's access to children and his ability to hide, rationalize, and deny his actions.
One of the great dangers of religious belief is man's ability (and indeed propensity) to rationalize his actions and, in the case of the faithful, excuse them as the "will of God".
'Rational selection' proposes to rationalize therapeutic choices.
The ability to compartmentalize and rationalize to an amazing degree.
And, as we become more attuned to the compromises that lurk beneath the surface of every sport, we might realize that boxing fans aren't unique in their ability to compartmentalize and rationalize.
