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defense mechanism

noun as in protective activity

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Example Sentences

But she was young, and she used work as a defense mechanism.

I think this is, among liberals anyway, a defense mechanism.

Is this a defense mechanism, a way of not quite looking at what my mother has become?

“The hierarchy of things is a kind of defense mechanism that just alienates,” says Koons.

Historical myopia must be an evolutionary defense mechanism of the human species.

The crowds delusion of persecution, conspiracy, or oppression is thus a defense mechanism of this nature.

He knew that he was merely a defense mechanism, to ward off fear: for, it wasn't true.

I have said that the hostility of the crowd is a sort of "defense mechanism."

Late afternoon of the next day, my defense mechanism was ready.

This small, rather weird-looking little creature had a dangerous defense mechanism in the spines of his back.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to defense mechanism, such as: conversion, defense, defense reaction, repression, sublimation, and suppression.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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