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Defense Mechanism

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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

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Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

Unknown—authoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Defense Mechanisms
possessive: Defense Mechanism's
pluralpossessive: Defense Mechanisms'

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