| NOUN | process | 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 |
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| 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 them. | |
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| Example | "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive" | |
| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
| Broader | defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence | (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires |
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