Term: conceit: an artistic device or effect
Candidate hypernym: device: something in an artistic work designed to achieve a particular effect → 1
Candidate hypernym: hilbert space: a metric space that is linear and complete and (usually) infinite-dimensional → 0
Candidate hypernym: walking delegate: a union representative who visits workers at their jobs to see whether agreements are observed → 0
Candidate hypernym: screen memory: an imagined memory of a childhood experience; hides another memory of distressing significance → 0
Candidate hypernym: indiction: a 15-year cycle used as a chronological unit in ancient Rome and adopted in some medieval kingdoms → 0
Candidate hypernym: gavotte: an old formal French dance in quadruple time → 0
Candidate hypernym: curtsy: bending the knees; a gesture of respect made by women → 0
Candidate hypernym: dubliner: a resident of Dublin → 0
Candidate hypernym: cusp: point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch) → 0
Candidate hypernym: consulting firm: a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee → 0
Candidate hypernym: battlement: a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns → 0