Term: raison d'etre: reason for being
Broader: rationalization: the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Unrelated: ensete: Old World tropical herbs: Abyssinian bananas
Broader: rationalization: the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Unrelated: catalog: a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things
Broader: rationalization: the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Unrelated: sill: (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
Broader: rationalization: the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Unrelated: damp-proof course: a course of some impermeable material laid in the foundation walls of building near the ground to prevent dampness from rising into the building
Broader: rationalization: the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Unrelated: test rocket: a rocket fired for test purposes
Broader: rationalization: the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Unrelated: cyclic neutropenia: neutropenia that occurs periodically
Broader: rationalization: the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Unrelated: spirituality: concern with things of the spirit
Broader: rationalization: the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Unrelated: nonrestrictive clause: a subordinate clause that does not limit or restrict the meaning of the noun phrase it modifies
Broader: rationalization: the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Unrelated: centner: in some European countries: a unit of weight equivalent to 50 kilograms
Broader: rationalization: the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason | Unrelated: protectorship: the position of protector