Defence Mechanism
nounid
48035·updated May 18, 2026verified
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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- plural
- Defence Mechanisms
- possessive
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- pluralpossessive
- Defence Mechanisms'
Framework definitions
- §1
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
- §1 · legacy_primary
- (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desiresDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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