| Sentido | (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires. |
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| Categoría | psicopatología, psiquiatría, siquiatría | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
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| Específico | compensación | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors |
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| idealización | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad |
| intelectualización | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict / conflict / conflict / conflict |
| negación | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that denies painful thoughts |
| proyección | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your own traits and emotions are attributed to someone else |
| racionalización | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening |
| regresión | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which you flee from reality by assuming a more infantile / infantile state |
| represión | (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious |
| General | proceso | A mental process that you are not directly aware of |
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| proceso psicoanalítico | A process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory |
| Inglés | defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence |
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| Catalán | mecanisme de defensa |
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