Term: rationalization: the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: dismissal: permission to go; the sending away of someone → 0
Candidate hypernym: oarsman: someone who rows a boat → 0
Candidate hypernym: lepechinia: a dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae → 0
Candidate hypernym: brunswick stew: spicy southern specialty: chicken (or small game) with corn and tomatoes and lima beans and okra and onions and potatoes → 0
Candidate hypernym: military government: government by the military and an army → 0
Candidate hypernym: knockout drops: chloral hydrate in combination with alcohol; usually administered surreptitiously to make the drinker unconscious → 0
Candidate hypernym: straw vote: an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue → 0
Candidate hypernym: pest: a persistently annoying person → 0
Candidate hypernym: telekinesis: the power to move something by thinking about it without the application of physical force → 0
Candidate hypernym: golf club: golf equipment used by a golfer to hit a golf ball → 0