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defence mechanism

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  • noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

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hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. process
  2. psychoanalytic process
  3. unconscious process

hyponyms (15)

Words more specific or concrete

  1. compensation
  2. conversion
  3. denial
  4. displacement
  5. idealisation
  6. idealization
  7. intellectualisation
  8. intellectualization
  9. isolation
  10. projection
  11. rationalisation
  12. rationalization
  13. reaction formation
  14. regression
  15. repression

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