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  1. reaction formation:


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Detailed Synonyms for reaction formation in Englisch

reaction formation:

reaction formation [the ~] Nomen

  1. the reaction formation
    – (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
    the reaction formation
    – (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
    • reaction formation [the ~] Nomen
      • his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive1

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Verwandte Definitionen für "reaction formation":

  1. (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 them1
    • his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive1

Related Synonyms for reaction formation