Term: associationism: (psychology) a theory that association is the basic principle of mental activity
Candidate hypernym: abstraction: a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples → 1
Candidate hypernym: puff: exaggerated praise (as for promotional purposes) → 0
Candidate hypernym: phonogram: any written symbol standing for a sound or syllable or morpheme or word → 0
Candidate hypernym: jerk: (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration → 0
Candidate hypernym: friedcake: small cake in the form of a ring or twist or ball or strip fried in deep fat → 0
Candidate hypernym: device: an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose → 0
Candidate hypernym: spuriousness: state of lacking genuineness → 0
Candidate hypernym: philately: the collection and study of postage stamps → 0
Candidate hypernym: food stamp: a government-issued stamp that can be used in exchange for food → 0
Candidate hypernym: offertory: the offerings of the congregation at a religious service → 0
Candidate hypernym: strawberry ice cream: ice cream flavored with fresh strawberries → 0