defense mechanism - Similar and Opposite Words

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Noun

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

Synonyms

• defence
• defence mechanism
• defence reaction
• defense
• defense mechanism
• defense reaction

More generic

• process
• psychoanalytic process
• unconscious process

More specific

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

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