reaction formation

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Noun reaction formation has 1 sense

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; "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive"
--₁ is a kind of defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence

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