Word Type

Noun

The word "explanation" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

counterexplanation explainification explanationism explanationist explorable explanation inference to the best explanation misexplanation nonexplanation reexplanation subexplanation

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

cerebration intellection mentation speech act statement thinking thought thought process

Type Of (IsA)

intelligent agent activity making abstract partially mental event speech act statement thinking written or spoken work

Related Terms

explain explanatory explicative explicator explicatory

Related Terms

act explain explanatory explicative explicator explicatory process reconciliation tell tell why understandable why

Synonym Network

clarification

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