Term: regression: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile state
Candidate hypernym: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires → 1
Candidate hypernym: rarity: a rarified quality → 0
Candidate hypernym: deuce: one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots → 0
Candidate hypernym: line coach: an assistant football coach in charge of the linemen → 0
Candidate hypernym: pill bottle: a small bottle for holding pills → 0
Candidate hypernym: swab: implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion → 0
Candidate hypernym: paleobotany: the study of fossil plants → 0
Candidate hypernym: exposition: an account that sets forth the meaning or intent of a writing or discourse → 0
Candidate hypernym: em: a quad with a square body → 0
Candidate hypernym: body plethysmograph: plethysmograph consisting of a chamber surrounding the entire body; used in studies of respiration → 0
Candidate hypernym: newspaper ad: a printed advertisement that is published in a newspaper → 0