Term: cronyism: favoritism shown to friends and associates (as by appointing them to positions without regard for their qualifications)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: military pace: the length of a single step in marching (taken to be 30 inches for quick time or 36 inches for double time)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: garden pea: the flattened to cylindric inflated multi-seeded fruit of the common pea plant
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: selling race: a horse race in which the winning horse must be put up for auction
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: genus mutisia: genus of South American shrubs or lianas having large flower heads with feathery pappuses
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: running shoe: a light comfortable shoe designed for running
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: april: the month following March and preceding May
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: rain check: a promise that an unaccepted offer will be renewed in the future
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: infatuation: an object of extravagant short-lived passion
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: naval missile: naval weaponry consisting of a missile carried on a warship
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: superbug: a strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics