Term: conversion: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basis
Candidate hypernym: psychological feature: a feature of the mental life of a living organism → 1
Candidate hypernym: slider: freshwater turtle of United States and South America; frequently raised commercially; some young sold as pets → 0
Candidate hypernym: barbecued spareribs: baked or roasted with a spicy sauce → 0
Candidate hypernym: architect: someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings) → 0
Candidate hypernym: schnitzel: deep-fried breaded veal cutlets → 0
Candidate hypernym: enormity: an act of extreme wickedness → 0
Candidate hypernym: hillside: the side or slope of a hill → 0
Candidate hypernym: interpolation: (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function between the values already known → 0
Candidate hypernym: piedmont glacier: a type of glaciation characteristic of Alaska; large valley glaciers meet to form an almost stagnant sheet of ice → 0
Candidate hypernym: meanness: extreme stinginess → 0
Candidate hypernym: tooth: a means of enforcement → 0