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English noun: defense reaction | |||
| 1. | defense reaction (process) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | ||
| Synonyms | defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | process, psychoanalytic process, unconscious process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | compensation, conversion, denial, displacement, idealisation, idealization, intellectualisation, intellectualization, isolation, projection, rationalisation, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression | ||
| Domain category | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | ||
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