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defence mechanism

a usually unconscious mental process designed to reduce the anxiety, shame, etc, associated with instinctive desires
the protective response of the body against disease organisms

'defence mechanism' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

defence - denial - mechanism - projection - regression

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... a defence mechanism "against" threats and sense of insecurity.

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