Search Result for "defence reaction":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires;
[syn: defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

defence reaction n 1: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires [syn: defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defence]