Term: compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
Candidate hypernym: process: a mental process that you are not directly aware of → 1
Candidate hypernym: hammer: the part of a gunlock that strikes the percussion cap when the trigger is pulled → 0
Candidate hypernym: wisdom: accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment → 0
Candidate hypernym: black-capped chickadee: chickadee having a dark crown → 0
Candidate hypernym: center: a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game → 0
Candidate hypernym: proboscidea: in some classifications included in the genus Martynia and hence the two taxonomic names for some of the unicorn plants → 0
Candidate hypernym: west: the cardinal compass point that is a 270 degrees → 0
Candidate hypernym: sponge: a porous mass of interlacing fibers that forms the internal skeleton of various marine animals and usable to absorb water or any porous rubber or cellulose product similarly used → 0
Candidate hypernym: riser: structural member consisting of the vertical part of a stair or step → 0
Candidate hypernym: petromyzoniformes: lampreys as distinguished from hagfishes → 0
Candidate hypernym: trojan: a program that appears desirable but actually contains something harmful → 0