(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
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reaction formation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | defense, defence, defense reaction, defense mechanism, defence mechanism, defence reaction |
his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive.
Examples of reaction formation
reaction formation
This threat causes repression, denial or reaction formation.
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Another example is reaction formation.
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Some other defenses are repression, displacement, denial, intellectualization, reaction formation, and projection.
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They are grouped into the 5th and 14th Aviation Corps, the 35th Aviation Group, which is a multi-role rapid reaction formation, and a training aviation command.
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Also called reaction formation, an example of this is the mother who shames herself for her private abusive behavior toward her child, then publicly becomes overly gentile toward children.
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In this reaction formation of diphenylzinc is accompanied by that of lithium chloride, which unchecked, catalyses the reaction without MIB involvement to the racemicalcohol.
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Bloomberg had no immediate reaction to the formation of the draft committee.
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The aldol reaction is an important carbon-carbon bond formation reaction in organic chemistry.
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This reaction is reversible and the formation of the sulfur trioxide is exothermic.
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