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