en defense mechanism (n)

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: English Wiktionary and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • fr Mécanisme de défense (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • ca mecanisme de defensa (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en defence (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en defence mechanism (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en defence reaction (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en defense (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en defense reaction (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • fi puolustus (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • fi puolustusmekanismi (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • fi puolustusreaktio (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • fr défense (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • fr mécanismes de défense (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • id mekanisme-pertahanan (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • id pertahanan (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • id reaksi-pertahanan (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • it meccanismo di difesa (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • ja 防衛機制 (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • ms pertahanan (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • pl mechanizm obronny (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • pt Ajustamentos (n, psychiatry) ➜
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Types of defense mechanism

  • en compensation (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en conversion (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en denial (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en displacement (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en idealization (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en intellectualization (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en isolation (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en projection (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en rationalization (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en reaction formation (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en regression (n, psychiatry) ➜
  • en repression (n, psychiatry) ➜

Related terms

  • en antibody ➜
  • en automatic ➜
  • en psychological ➜
  • en strategy ➜
  • en unconsciously ➜

Context of this term

  • en psychiatry (n, cognition) ➜
  • en evolutionary biology ➜
  • en psychology ➜

defense mechanism is a type of…

  • en process (n, cognition) ➜
  • en psychoanalytic process (n, process) ➜

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  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 113480525-n
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