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(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; "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive"
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| reactive schizophrenia |
acute schizophrenic episode: schizophrenia of abrupt onset and relatively short duration (a few weeks or months)
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| reabsorb |
undergo resorption
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| react |
show a response or a reaction to something undergo a chemical reaction; react with another substance under certain conditions; "The hydrogen and the oxygen react" act against or in opposition to; "She reacts negatively to everything I say"
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| reactant |
a chemical substance that is present at the start of a chemical reaction
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