Term: intellectualization: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict
Candidate hypernym: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires → 1
Candidate hypernym: releasing factor: a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland → 0
Candidate hypernym: exocet: a guided missile developed by the French government for use against ships → 0
Candidate hypernym: piano maker: a person who makes pianos → 0
Candidate hypernym: takeaway: a concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures → 0
Candidate hypernym: traumatophobia: a morbid fear of battle or physical injury → 0
Candidate hypernym: gill net: a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills → 0
Candidate hypernym: putty: a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass → 0
Candidate hypernym: standardization: the condition in which a standard has been successfully established → 0
Candidate hypernym: echo: a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc. → 0
Candidate hypernym: plug: an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection → 0