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zweckrationalität

zweckrationalität noun: technical rationality; rationality in accordance with organizational demands instead of moral demands.

Noun

zweckrationalität (uncountable)

  1. Technical rationality; rationality in accordance with organizational demands instead of moral demands.
    • This thinking, supported by this array of heroes in bronze, can only further persuade people that whites may be masters of zweckrationalität—technical rationality—but are deficient in wertrationalität—basic human values.1999, James W. Loewen, Lies across America: What our historic sites get wrong, Simon and Schuster, page 449

Origin of zweckrationalität

From German Zweckrationalität.

Questions about zweckrationalität

What does zweckrationalität mean?
Zweckrationalität means technical rationality; rationality in accordance with organizational demands instead of moral demands.
What part of speech is zweckrationalität?
Zweckrationalität is a noun.

Words near zweckrationalität in the dictionary

  1. Zwarts
  2. zwastika
  3. zwastikas
  4. zweckrational
  5. zweckrationality
  6. zweckrationalität
  7. zweibein
  8. zweibeins
  9. Zweifach
  10. Zweifachs
  11. Zweig

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