Term: staginess: an artificial and mannered quality
Candidate hypernym: artificiality: the quality of being produced by people and not occurring naturally → 1
Candidate hypernym: analytic geometry: the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates on symbols defined in a coordinate system → 0
Candidate hypernym: mycology: the branch of botany that studies fungi and fungus-caused diseases → 0
Candidate hypernym: amphibolips: cynipid gall wasps, especially causing oak-apple galls → 0
Candidate hypernym: compressed air: air at a pressure greater than that of the atmosphere → 0
Candidate hypernym: tracery: decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs → 0
Candidate hypernym: sourpuss: someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression → 0
Candidate hypernym: glow tube: a gas-discharge tube consisting of a cold cathode and a diode in a tube filled with gas; the color of the glow depends on the particular gas → 0
Candidate hypernym: counterirritant: a medicine applied locally to produce superficial inflammation in order to reduce deeper inflammation → 0
Candidate hypernym: neuroplasty: plastic surgery of the nerves → 0
Candidate hypernym: muse: in ancient Greek mythology any of 9 daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne; protector of an art or science → 0