reaction formation
English Thesaurus
1. (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 (noun.process)
| hypernym | : | defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction, |
| definition | : | (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires (noun.process) |
| domain category | : | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology, |
| definition | : | the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders (noun.cognition) |
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