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Some later psychoanalysts might take a more positive view of the process , suggesting that ' Intellectualisation and rationalisation ... bridge the gap between immature mechanisms and those of maturity ' ; but to object relations theory it could be part of a more sinister process whereby the mind ' detaches feelings from their true locus and attaches them to the exact reverse ; it falsifies judgement ; it splits intellect from feeling and enslaves reason ... a process called rationalization ' .