Grounds
Grounds noun - Your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief.
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- Its plot neatly grounds itself in reality with the sole exception of the two instances of Minovsky Physics it created (and their consequences).
- Deliberate Values Dissonance: There are many instances of this: Scarlett's horror when Rhett manages to secure a divorce against her when she leaves to Ireland, on the grounds of "desertion," when you can't get a divorce in Georgia.
Source: Literature / Scarlett - In several instances they flat out refused to do something Virginia proposed on the grounds of it being unforgivably dumb and suicidal and steered her towards a more reasonable choice without making it look like they were taking charge.
Source: Quickly Demoted Leader
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