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reaction formation
Noun
(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
domain topic
psychiatry
psychological medicine
psychopathology
hypernym
defence
defence mechanism
defence reaction
defense
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defense reaction
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