Defenition of the word reaction formation

• Defenition of the word 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; "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his
  • (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

Hypernyms for the word reaction formation

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

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