(mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation
They’re covered up by assumptions and excuses and rationalisations.
它们常常被设想,借口或是合理化及掩盖。
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Once you start to think about it, the list of situations in which people resolve cognitive dissonance through rationalisations becomes ever longer and longer.