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    REACTION FORMATION

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    (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 themplay

    Example:

    his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural processes

    Hypernyms ("reaction formation" is a kind of...):

    defence; defence mechanism; defence reaction; defense; defense mechanism; defense reaction ((psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires)

    Domain category:

    psychiatry; psychological medicine; psychopathology (the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders)

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