defence mechanism

NOUN
  1. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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  • Some people have also referred to this approach as the ‘ostrich’ approach as often it involves the use of defence mechanisms such as denial and repression.
  • This attitude protects you from negative suggestions and strengthens your defence mechanism in a socially acceptable way.
  • We shall now consider six defence mechanisms in a little detail. Educational Psychology in a Changing World
  • But self defence mechanisms set in rapidly, and the world's sorrow goes past the air-conditioned car unseen, unfelt.
  • What appears to be contrary can always be assimilated as evidence of repression, or as a defence mechanism.
  • The body has natural defence mechanisms to protect it from disease.
  • I cannot emphasize enough the importance of your own natural defence mechanism in fighting off illness. Banish Headaches -how to obtain fast, drug-free relief from headache
  • The drug works by disabling the defence mechanisms of cancer cells. Times, Sunday Times
  • In addition, extrafloral nectar and nectaries are widespread in Ipomoea in petioles and/or in epals that are mostly visited by ants and serve as a herbivore defence mechanism.
  • This attitude protects you from negative suggestions and strengthens your defence mechanism in a socially acceptable way.
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