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(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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a usually unconscious mental process that serves to relieve conflict and anxiety arising from one's impulses and drives, eg, compensation, conversion, denial, rationalization, repression.
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Defence mechanisms (British spelling; Defense mechanisms in American English) are a set of unconscious way to protect one's personality from unpleasant thoughts and realities which may otherwise cause anxiety. The notion of defence mechanism is an integral part of the psychoanalytic theory. Although often described as detrimental and negative ways that an individual deals with overwhelming stressors; these mechanisms can also be applied positively when dealing with conflicts. ...
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Automatic psychological process that protects the individual against anxiety and from awareness of internal or external stressors or dangers. Defense mechanisms mediate the individual's reaction to emotional conflicts and to external stressors. Some defense mechanisms (eg, projection, splitting, and acting out) are almost invariably maladaptive. ...
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(psych.) - A way of escaping stressful thoughts or situations, by mentally forming new thoughts detached from reality.
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