superordinate goal
noun
An objective which takes precedence over others; specifically (in Psychology and Sociology ) one which can only be achieved through the cooperation of a group, and which transcends the individual aims of those in the group.
Origin
1930s.
- battiness
- batting
- batting average
- batting cage
- batting order
- battle
- battleax
- battleaxe
- Battleborn State
- battlebus
- Battle Creek
- battlecruiser
- battle cry
- battledore
- battledore and shuttlecock
- battledress
- battle fatigue
- battlefield
- battlefront
- battleground
- battleground state
- battle group
- battle it out
- battle jacket
- battlement