Definitions for: Defense Mechanism


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



Synonyms: defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense reaction

See Also: compensation, conversion, denial, displacement, idealisation, idealization, intellectualisation, intellectualization, isolation, process, projection, psychoanalytic process, rationalisation, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression, unconscious process

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