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单词 reaction formation
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Definition of reaction formation in English:

reaction formation

noun
mass nounPsychoanalysis
  • The tendency of a repressed wish or feeling to be expressed at a conscious level in a contrasting form.

    his extremely rigid stance reeks of reaction formation
    count noun shamelessness is a reaction formation against shame, a defiant attempt to overcome a profound inner fear of weakness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The psychoanalytic tradition of masquerade began with Joan Riviere's conception of womanliness as reaction formation in the aftermath of the intellectual woman's theft of masculinity.
    • I'm probably a recovering addict, and this is probably a defence-mechanism, some sort of reaction formation.
    • There seems a quality of reaction formation suggesting, not surprisingly, that these scientists were struggling with themselves as much as with Müller, their teacher.
    • By acknowledging the interramification of technology and the lived body, bodily integrity is undermined, and the desire for wholeness is figured as ‘a kind of reaction formation to this instability’.
    • Haunted by his father's defeat, Bush's presidency has been a case study in reaction formation.
 
 

Definition of reaction formation in US English:

reaction formation

noun
Psychoanalysis
  • The tendency of a repressed wish or feeling to be expressed at a conscious level in a contrasting form.

    his extremely rigid stance reeks of reaction formation
    count noun shamelessness is a reaction formation against shame, a defiant attempt to overcome a profound inner fear of weakness
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Haunted by his father's defeat, Bush's presidency has been a case study in reaction formation.
    • By acknowledging the interramification of technology and the lived body, bodily integrity is undermined, and the desire for wholeness is figured as ‘a kind of reaction formation to this instability’.
    • I'm probably a recovering addict, and this is probably a defence-mechanism, some sort of reaction formation.
    • There seems a quality of reaction formation suggesting, not surprisingly, that these scientists were struggling with themselves as much as with Müller, their teacher.
    • The psychoanalytic tradition of masquerade began with Joan Riviere's conception of womanliness as reaction formation in the aftermath of the intellectual woman's theft of masculinity.
 
 
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