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reaction formation
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Noun reaction formation has 1 sense
- reaction formation(n = noun.process) Array - (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" is a kind of defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction
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