Sentence examples for kind of rationalization from inspiring English sources

"We call this 'guiltless gluttony,' because it's a kind of rationalization: 'It's O.K.' " ALEX MINDLIN.

In truth, both paths might have had equal fates, but we need this kind of rationalization.

The thing is, we're all guilty of this kind of rationalization.

It's the kind of rationalization you'd expect from Parris' personal hero, Deng Xiaoping, the Chinese leader who both dragged China out of Maoist poverty and ordered the tanks toward Tiananmen Square.

"They felt like they were an exception to the rule... Our attempt [with this video] was to take out any kind of rationalization of 'That couldn't happen to me,' and really focus on the aftermath of a simple action".

Drinkers with the hand stamp were slightly less likely than the sober people to want to have sex in that situation: they couldn't sort through the kinds of rationalizations necessary to set aside the risk of AIDS.

People are prone to making all kinds of rationalizations and compromises to get jobs.

So, they conjure up all kinds of rationalizations or whirl around in a sort of denial.

Instead they have all kinds of rationalizations for why it's not important, why they sholdn t have been asked, or why being late won't harm the project.

("When you hit with your shoulder, that's a lot of force on an extremity," Subban told Sports Illustrated recently, offering a kind of medical rationalization. "Your butt and back are two of the strongest parts of your body").

"As long as I'm safely unconscious and therefore shielded from the costs of an assault, why shouldn't the rest of the world (or more specifically my attackers) be allowed to reap the benefits?" This kind of gross rationalization of sexual violence in our media and twitter feeds, though upsetting, is not really surprising at all.