#rationale__principle  an explanation of the working of some device in terms of laws of nature; "the principles of internal-combustion engines"
  supertype:  explanation.statement__account  a statement that explains; "he launched into a detailed explanation"; "he demanded that I give an account for my failure"
  subtype:  dialectics  a rationale for dialectical materialism based on change through the conflict of opposing forces

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