| 单词 | defence mechanism |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdefence mechanism defence mechanism n. [with sense (a) compare German Abwehrmechanismus (1912 or earlier in psychology)] (a) Psychology a type of mental process, usually unconscious, for avoiding or minimizing anxiety, distress, or conflict; (b) a physiological (esp. immunological) or behavioural response that protects an organism against disease, predation, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > psychology > behaviourism > theories of motivation > [noun] > defensive defence1903 defence mechanism1909 1909 Med. Rev. of Reviews 15 395/2 He then illustrates by cases the defense mechanism of forgetfulness of painful emotions. 1910 Amer. Jrnl. Dermatol. & Genito-urinary Dis. 14 292/2 Some pharmacologists..believe that the real manner of the action both of mercury and of the iodides is their effect as a stimuli of the defense-mechanism of the body. 1946 H. Nicolson Eng. Sense of Humour 49 Freud was not alone in defining the sense of humour as a defence mechanism having as its main function the protection of the self against discomfort. 1955 Times 30 Aug. 4/3 We have now reached the stage where bacterial pyrogens in pure form can, with advantage, replace the older materials and methods for producing a general stimulation of the defence mechanisms of the body. 2001 S. T. Asma Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads iv. 133 My favorite of these chordates is the aptly named slime hag, a worm-shaped deepwater scavenger whose defense mechanism is to tangle its enemy in a soup of slime that it ejects from glands all over its body. 2013 M. Zailckas Mother, Mother (2014) 132 Instead of seeing bad in yourself, you perceive it in others. It's a defense mechanism. < as lemmas |
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