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Definition of defense mechanism

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

Similar Words: defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence

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

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