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defence mechanism

noun

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

• Syn: ↑defense mechanism, ↑defense reaction, ↑defence reaction, ↑defense, ↑defence

• Topics: ↑psychiatry, ↑psychopathology, ↑psychological medicine

• Hypernyms: ↑psychoanalytic process, ↑process, ↑unconscious process

• Hyponyms:

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

Useful english dictionary. 2012.