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defense reaction
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | defense reaction - (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desiresdefence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense mechanism, defenseunconscious process, process - a mental process that you are not directly aware of; "the process of denial"psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorderscompensation - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviorsconversion - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism represses emotional conflicts which are then converted into physical symptoms that have no organic basisdenial - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughtsdisplacement - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable oneidealisation, idealization - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one badintellectualisation, intellectualization - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflictisolation - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with itprojection - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone elsepsychoanalytic process - a process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theoryrationalisation, rationalization - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threateningreaction formation - (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; "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive"regression - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile staterepression - (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious |
EncyclopediaSeeDefensedefense reaction
defense [de-fens´] behavior directed to protection of the individual from injury.character defense any character trait, e.g., a mannerism, attitude, or affectation, which serves as a defense mechanism.insanity defense a legal concept that a person cannot be convicted of a crime if he lacked criminal responsibility by reason of insanity at the time of commission of the crime.defense mechanism in psychology, an unconscious mental process or coping pattern that lessens the anxiety associated with a situation or internal conflict and protects the person from mental discomfort. In the theory of psychoanalysis, the ego, following the reality principle, conforms to the demands of the outside world, but the id (repressed unconscious), following the pleasure principle, pursues immediate gratification of desires and reduction of psychic tension. The superego (conscience or morality) may take either side. Defense mechanisms develop in order to control impulses or feelings that lead to inner conflicts, to reach compromises between conflicting impulses, and to reduce inner tensions. They help to manage or avoid anxiety, aggression, hostility, resentment, and frustration. Defense mechanisms are not pathological in themselves; they can be a means of dealing with unbearable situations. Among the most common defense mechanisms are denial, displacement, identification, projection, rationalization, reaction-formation, repression, and sublimation.defense reaction a mental reaction that shuts out from consciousness ideas not acceptable to the ego. See also defense mechanism.defense reactionA mental response whose purpose (according to classical psychoanalysis) is to protect the ego.FinancialSeeReactiondefense reaction
Synonyms for defense reactionnoun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desiresSynonyms- defence
- defence mechanism
- defence reaction
- defense mechanism
- defense
Related Words- unconscious process
- process
- psychiatry
- psychological medicine
- psychopathology
- compensation
- conversion
- denial
- displacement
- idealisation
- idealization
- intellectualisation
- intellectualization
- isolation
- projection
- psychoanalytic process
- rationalisation
- rationalization
- reaction formation
- regression
- repression
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