Defense mechanism Definition & Meaning

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Defense mechanism

Defense mechanism Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Defense mechanism? [n] (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires Synonyms \| Synonyms for Defense mechanism: defence \| defence mechanism \| defence reaction \| defense \| defense reaction Related Terms \| Find terms related to Defense mechanism: 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 \| dereistic thinking \| deterrent capacity \| displacement \| dissociation \| dodge \| duck \| ego defenses \| elusion \| elusiveness \| emotional insulation \| equivocation \| escape \| escape into fantasy \| escape mechanism \| escapism \| evasion \| evasive action \| evasiveness \| fantasizing \| fantasy \| flight \| forbearance \| forestalling \| forestallment \| getting around \| guard \| isolation \| jink \| mental block \| negative taxis \| negativism \| neutrality \| nonintervention \| noninvolvement \| overcompensation \| prevention \| projection \| protection \| psychological defenses \| psychotaxis \| rationalization \| refraining \| repression \| resistance \| self-defense \| self-preservation \| self-protection \| shunning \| shunting off \| shy \| sidestep \| sidetracking \| slip \| sociological adjustive reactions \| sublimation \| substitution \| suppression \| symbolization \| the defensive \| the runaround \| ward \| wishful thinking \| wish-fulfillment fantasy \| withdrawal \| zigzag See Also \| compensation \| conversion \| denial \| displacement \| idealisation \| idealization \| intellectualisation \| intellectualization \| isolation \| process \| projection \| psychoanalytic process \| rationalisation \| rationalization \| reaction formation \| regression \| repression \| unconscious process

Defense mechanism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Defense mechanism?

[n] (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

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