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intellectualization::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | intellectualisation |
| Type of | defense, defence, defense reaction, defense mechanism, defence mechanism, defence reaction |
Examples of intellectualization
intellectualization
Over intellectualization of anything creative is just hogwash to me.
From the ealingtimes.co.uk
In this study, most of the participants'organizations fell into the intellectualization stage.
From the sciencedaily.com
The overintellectualization and, in some cases, faux-intellectualization, doesn't help either.
From the denverpost.com
One's choices are not the result of intellectualization.
From the chron.com
Some other defenses are repression, displacement, denial, intellectualization, reaction formation, and projection.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Intellectualization is a defense mechanism in which addicts argue over logical flaws and over-analyze insignificant details to prove they do not have a problem.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Intellectualization, the capacity to turn any belly noise or bird's chirp into sane, ordered paragraphs, flowed like a pretty stream through the meadow of Henry Adams'life.
From the time.com
- (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict
- Intellectualization is a defense mechanism where reasoning is used to block confrontation with an unconscious conflict and its associated emotional stress, by 'using excessive and abstract ideation to avoid difficult feelings' .. ...
- The act or process of intellectualizing; an instance of such a process
- Involves removing one's self, emotionally, from a stressful event, by focusing on rational and factual components of the situation.
- A defence mechanism that consists in flights of intellectual speculation for the purpose of regulating affects and instincts, thereby reducing anxiety and tension. ...
