| Their individual rationalizations for the thousands of murders they committed, with or without theatrical flourish, are both queasily believable and morally incomprehensible. |
| We have an innate tendency to avoid pain, and therefore we are apt to conjure up rationalizations that justify our behavior. |
| Nevertheless, where interest fulfilled a useful social function elaborate rationalizations were developed for it. |
| Rand cuckolded her do-nothing spouse in front of his face and with long, tedious rationalizations with which she forced him to agree. |
| His description of Falluja, tinged with Stockholm syndrome rationalizations, painted a picture of what can only be described as collective insanity. |
| These rationalizations are resorted to by true believers, to maintain their belief despite the failures and paradoxes that they constantly encounter. |
