1. (noun) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• defence
• defence reaction
• defense
• defense mechanism
• defense reaction

1. (noun) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• compensation
• conversion
• denial
• displacement
• idealisation
• idealization
• intellectualisation
• intellectualization
• isolation
• projection
• rationalisation
• rationalization
• reaction formation
• regression
• repression

1. (noun) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• process
• unconscious process
• psychoanalytic process

1. (noun) (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

• psychiatry
• psychological medicine
• psychopathology