Term: compensation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors
Candidate hypernym: physical entity: an entity that has physical existence → 1
Candidate hypernym: jaconet: a lightweight cotton cloth with a smooth and slightly stiff finish; used for clothing and bandages → 0
Candidate hypernym: print shop: a workplace where printing is done → 0
Candidate hypernym: commodity brokerage: a brokerage firm dealing in commodities → 0
Candidate hypernym: non-resistant: a reformer who believes in passive resistance → 0
Candidate hypernym: blackwash: a wash that colors a surface black → 0
Candidate hypernym: past master: someone who has long and thorough experience in a given activity → 0
Candidate hypernym: almandine: a purple variety of the ruby spinel → 0
Candidate hypernym: goose barnacle: stalked barnacle that attaches to ship bottoms or floating timbers → 0
Candidate hypernym: insulation: the state of being isolated or detached → 0
Candidate hypernym: bursar: the treasurer at a college or university → 0