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defense mechanism
English
- 🔊 (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Similar words
defense reaction
defence mechanism
defence reaction
defense
defence
alienation
autism
autistic thinking
avoidance
avoidance mechanism
avoidance reaction
avoiding reaction
blame-shifting
block
blocking
circumvention
compensation
conversion
decompensation
defence
defense
defense in depth
defenses
dereism