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World English Dictionary
| defence mechanism | |
| —n | |
| 1. | psychoanal a usually unconscious mental process designed to reduce the anxiety, shame, etc, associated with instinctive desires |
| 2. | physiol the protective response of the body against disease organisms |
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Defence mechanism
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
WordNet
| defence mechanism | |
noun | |
| (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires [syn: defense mechanism] |
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