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DEFENCE MECHANISM

Definition:

1. [noun] (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
   Synonyms: defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence reaction, defense, defence
   
   

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Related Words:

• compensation
• conversion
• denial
• displacement
• idealization, idealisation
• intellectualization, intellectualisation
• isolation
• projection
• rationalization, rationalisation
• reaction formation
• regression
• repression

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