Term: isolation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
Candidate hypernym: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires → 1
Candidate hypernym: umbra: a region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light → 0
Candidate hypernym: quartet: four people considered as a unit → 0
Candidate hypernym: overactivity: excessive activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: color circle: a chart in which complementary colors (or their names) are arranged on opposite sides of a circle → 0
Candidate hypernym: marinara: sauce for pasta; contains tomatoes and garlic and herbs → 0
Candidate hypernym: dekagram: 10 grams → 0
Candidate hypernym: moneymaker: someone who is successful in accumulating wealth → 0
Candidate hypernym: advertising agency: an agency that designs advertisement to call public attention to its clients → 0
Candidate hypernym: service: a company or agency that performs a public service; subject to government regulation → 0
Candidate hypernym: trigram: a word that is written with three letters in an alphabetic writing system → 0