mechanism of defense
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mechanism of defense — an unconscious mental process (as identification, projection, or repression) that enables the ego to reach compromise solutions to problems it is unable to resolve … Useful english dictionary
defense reaction — noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires • Syn: ↑defense mechanism, ↑defence mechanism, ↑defence reaction, ↑defense, ↑defence • Topics: ↑psych … Useful english dictionary
defense — defenseless, adj. defenselessly, adv. defenselessness, n. /di fens / or, esp. for 7, 9, /dee fens/, n., v., defensed, defensing. n. 1. resistance against attack; protection: Two more regiments are needed for the defense of the city. 2. something… … Universalium
Defense — or defence (see ce/ se) may refer to: Tactics and strategy of defending against attack Defense (military) Defense (sports) Defender (association football) Defenceman (ice hockey) Biological defense (disambiguation) a Chess opening as created in… … Wikipedia
defense mechanism — n. 1. any self protective physiological system or reaction of an organism 2. Psychiatry any thought process, as repression, introjection, or sublimation, unconsciously used by an individual as a defense against feelings of guilt, anxiety, shame,… … English World dictionary
mechanism — [mek′ə niz΄əm] n. [ModL mechanismus < Gr mēchanē, MACHINE] 1. the working parts or arrangement of parts of a machine; works [the mechanism of a clock] 2. a) a system whose parts work together like those of a machine [the mechanism of the… … English World dictionary
defense mechanism — n 1) an often unconscious mental process (as repression, projection, or sublimation) that makes possible compromise solutions to personal problems 2) a defensive reaction by an organism * * * a usually unconscious mental process that serves to… … Medical dictionary
defense — c.1300, forbidding, prohibition, also action of guarding or protecting, from O.Fr. defense, from L. defensus, pp. of defendere ward off, protect (see DEFEND (Cf. defend)). But it also arrived (without the final e) from O.Fr. defens, from L.… … Etymology dictionary
defense mechanism — defense′ mech anism n. psl an unconscious process that protects an individual from unacceptable or painful ideas or impulses • Etymology: 1890–95 … From formal English to slang
defense mechanism — noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires • Syn: ↑defense reaction, ↑defence mechanism, ↑defence reaction, ↑defense, ↑defence • Topics: ↑psychia … Useful english dictionary
