Reaction Formation
nounid
124249·updated May 18, 2026verified
in 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
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- plural
- Reaction Formations
- possessive
- Reaction Formation's
- pluralpossessive
- Reaction Formations'
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- in 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
- §1 · legacy_primary
- in 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 themDR-088 backfill from the noun definition column
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