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