Term: raison d'etre: the purpose that justifies a thing's existence
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: geneticist: a biologist who specializes in genetics
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: wooden spoon: a booby prize consisting of a spoon made of wood
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: words: language that is spoken or written
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: pleochroism: the phenomenon of different colors appearing when certain crystals are viewed from different directions
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: sheeting: fabric from which bed sheets are made
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: choir: the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: cellulosic: a plastic made from cellulose (or a derivative of cellulose)
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: study: a state of deep mental absorption
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: piecework: work paid for according to the quantity produced
Broader: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples | Unrelated: twenty-two: the cardinal number that is the sum of twenty-one and one