Term: reaction formation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them
Candidate hypernym: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires → 1
Candidate hypernym: september: the month following August and preceding October → 0
Candidate hypernym: woodcut: a print made from a woodcut → 0
Candidate hypernym: flip side: a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect) → 0
Candidate hypernym: tournament: a sporting competition in which contestants play a series of games to decide the winner → 0
Candidate hypernym: indie: an independent film company not associated with an established studio → 0
Candidate hypernym: sixtieth: position 60 in a countable series of things → 0
Candidate hypernym: english walnut: Eurasian walnut valued for its large edible nut and its hard richly figured wood; widely cultivated → 0
Candidate hypernym: extraction: the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means → 0
Candidate hypernym: stitch: a link or loop or knot made by an implement in knitting, crocheting, embroidery, or sewing → 0
Candidate hypernym: bone china: fine porcelain that contains bone ash → 0