Term: coattails effect: (politics) the consequence of one popular candidate in an election drawing votes for other members of the same political party
Broader: consequence: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Unrelated: real-time processing: data processing fast enough to keep up with an outside process
Broader: consequence: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Unrelated: trade wind: steady winds blowing from east to west above and below the equator
Broader: consequence: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Unrelated: neurectomy: surgical removal of all or part of a nerve
Broader: consequence: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Unrelated: treasure house: a storehouse for treasures
Broader: consequence: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Unrelated: armor plate: specially hardened steel plate used to protect fortifications or vehicles from enemy fire
Broader: consequence: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Unrelated: apartheid: a social policy or racial segregation involving political and economic and legal discrimination against people who are not Whites; the former official policy in South Africa
Broader: consequence: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Unrelated: divine office: canonical prayers recited daily by priests (e.g. the breviary of the Roman Catholic Church)
Broader: consequence: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Unrelated: slop chest: commissary maintained aboard merchant ships to sell merchandise to the crew
Broader: consequence: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Unrelated: herniated disc: a painful rupture of the fibrocartilage of the disc between spinal vertebrae; occurs most often in the lumbar region
Broader: consequence: a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon | Unrelated: stage: a section or portion of a journey or course