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defense mechanism

/dɪ'fɛns_'mɛkə,nɪzəm/

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noun
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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defence defence mechanism defence reaction defense defense reaction

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process psychoanalytic process unconscious process

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