Term: literalism: a disposition to interpret statements in their literal sense
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: plicatoperipatus jamaicensis: a kind of onychophoran → 0
Candidate hypernym: box seat: a special seat in a theater or grandstand box → 0
Candidate hypernym: future: the time yet to come → 0
Candidate hypernym: nose ring: a ring worn on the nose as an ornament or on the nose of an animal to control it → 0
Candidate hypernym: sprue: a chronic disorder that occurs in tropical and non-tropical forms and in both children and adults; nutrients are not absorbed; symptoms include foul-smelling diarrhea and emaciation → 0
Candidate hypernym: pseudobombax: tropical American deciduous shrubs or small trees → 0
Candidate hypernym: ground control: a communication system for sending continuous radio messages to an airplane pilot who is making a ground-controlled approach to landing → 0
Candidate hypernym: argiopidae: spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution → 0
Candidate hypernym: street sign: a sign visible from the street → 0
Candidate hypernym: rigmarole: a set of confused and meaningless statements → 0