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| Meaning | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them. |
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| Examples | "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive" |
| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine |
| Broader | defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence |
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