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defence reaction > noun, process
Meaning(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires.
Synonymsdefense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defense, defence
Categorypsychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
Broaderprocess, unconscious process; psychoanalytic process
Narrowercompensation; conversion; denial; displacement; idealization, idealisation; intellectualization, intellectualisation; isolation; projection; rationalization, rationalisation; reaction formation; regression; repression

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