WordNet: defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction

(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• domain: topic psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology

• hypernym process, unconscious process

• hypernym psychoanalytic process

• hyponym compensation

• hyponym conversion

• hyponym denial

• hyponym displacement

• hyponym idealisation, idealization

• hyponym intellectualisation, intellectualization

• hyponym isolation

• hyponym projection

• hyponym rationalisation, rationalization

• hyponym reaction formation

• hyponym regression

• hyponym repression

defence

• (suomi) puolustus (synonyymi)

defence mechanism

• (suomi) puolustusmekanismi (synonyymi)

defence reaction

• (suomi) puolustusreaktio (synonyymi)

defense

• (suomi) puolustus (synonyymi)

defense mechanism

• (suomi) puolustusmekanismi (synonyymi)

defense reaction

• (suomi) puolustusreaktio (synonyymi)