Term: lightning rod: someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another
Candidate hypernym: living thing: a living (or once living) entity → 1
Candidate hypernym: gerea: small genus of hairy herbs with yellow flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: speechlessness: the property of being speechless → 0
Candidate hypernym: fits and starts: repeated bursts of activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: poeciliidae: topminnows → 0
Candidate hypernym: photoconductivity: change in the electrical conductivity of a substance as a result of absorbing electromagnetic radiation → 0
Candidate hypernym: microwave diathermy machine: diathermy machine that uses microwave radiation as the source of heat → 0
Candidate hypernym: domination: power to dominate or defeat → 0
Candidate hypernym: ingot iron: iron of high purity → 0
Candidate hypernym: acute schizophrenic episode: schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months) → 0
Candidate hypernym: escherichia: a genus of enteric bacteria → 0