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defense mechanism

/dɪ'fɛns_'mɛkə,nɪzəm/ · dɪfɛnsmɛkənɪzəm
6syllables, estimated by our counting algorithm

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noun. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires.

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