Term: compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
Candidate hypernym: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) → 1
Candidate hypernym: honor: the state of being honored → 0
Candidate hypernym: schipperke: breed of small stocky black dogs originally used as watchdogs on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium → 0
Candidate hypernym: agony column: a newspaper column devoted to personal problems → 0
Candidate hypernym: tachinidae: parasites on other insects → 0
Candidate hypernym: ilex: a large genus of dicotyledonous trees and shrubs of the family Aquifoliaceae that have small flowers and berries (including hollies) → 0
Candidate hypernym: intensity: the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation) → 0
Candidate hypernym: streetwalker: a prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets → 0
Candidate hypernym: movable feast: a religious holiday that falls on different dates in different years → 0
Candidate hypernym: efficacy: capacity or power to produce a desired effect → 0
Candidate hypernym: mucopolysaccharide: complex polysaccharides containing an amino group; occur chiefly as components of connective tissue → 0