DICTIONARY ENTRY
5 SYLLABLES
reaction formation
Reaction formation has 5 syllables: re · ac · tion for · ma · tion.
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noun. (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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