Virtually every sort of behavior, from torturing a hostage to killing one, is rationalized as long it serves the higher purpose of the religion.
The epitaxial relationship in the resulting α-MnO2@L-MnO2 heteroepisaxy is rationalized as (110)(α-MnO2)|| 001)(layered-MnO2).
Going beyond the conventional implementation as has been used for more than a century now, nucleation inhibitors, precursor clusters and non-classical nucleation processes are rationalized as well by analogous concepts based on competing interface and bulk energy terms.
Stanley Kubrick? "His faults have been rationalized as virtues".
Greed contends with family loyalty, and, in this financial pinch, self-interest is rationalized as tax savings.
Nose jobs are often defensively rationalized as acts of empowerment by those who have undergone the procedure.
Since that stance appears to reflect what most Americans want, it can be, and will be, rationalized as a reflection of public opinion.
When the Kremlin annexed Crimea, where the majority of the population is of Russian extraction, its actions could be rationalized as a mere tidying up of history.
Perhaps his seeming fudging and reversals of his previous stands on Roe v. Wade and gun control can be rationalized as clever lawyerese.
While Mr. Flay's arrogance can be rationalized as part of his persona, he isn't the only male chef on the Food Network with a distinctly superior attitude.
The title song on the album, however, "And No More Shall We Part," contains a climax so arresting that the heavy-handedness elsewhere can be rationalized as a risky process of range-finding.
