defence mechanisms
defence mechanisms Unconscious psychological mechanisms, delineated by Sigmund Freud, that the ego uses to defend the individual from unacceptable instinctual impulses which must be hidden from consciousness. Best-known are repression and projection; others include regression, reaction formation, introjection, and displacement. Although widely criticized, these concepts have been incorporated into everyday psychological understandings. See also PSYCHOANALYSIS.
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