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单词 reaction formation
释义

reaction formation


noun Psychoanalysis.

a behavioral tendency developed in direct opposition to a repressed impulse.

Origin of reaction formation

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby reaction formation

reactant, reaction, reactionary, reaction chamber, reaction engine, reaction formation, reaction of degeneration, reaction time, reaction turbine, reactivate, reactive
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British Dictionary definitions for reaction formation

reaction formation

noun

psychoanal a defence mechanism by which a person at a conscious level condemns a repressed wish: thus, a latent homosexual may denounce homosexuality
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for reaction formation

reaction formation

n.

A defense mechanism by which an objectionable impulse is expressed in an opposite or contrasting attitude or behavior.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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