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Meanings of psychological defence mechanism in anglès

rus
защитный механизм
portuguès
mecanismo de defesa
espanyol
mecanismo de defensa
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mecanisme de defensa

Unconscious psychological mechanism that reduces anxiety arising from unacceptable or potentially harmful stimuli.

mecanisme de defensa
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Examples for "defence mechanism"
Examples for "defence mechanism"
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Some of these metabolites play important roles in the plant's defence mechanism.
Pubmed
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Did he avoid pining to be free as a kind of defence mechanism?
The Guardian
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Narcissism is fundamentally an evolved version of the splitting defence mechanism.
The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology
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I have this defence mechanism, this survival tactic of playing dumb.
The Guardian
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Sigmund Freud described it as a primitive defence mechanism used to resolve emotional conflict.
The Irish Times
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It's a psychological defense mechanism, a means of coping with the unbearable.
The panic zone
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The defense mechanism wasn't a thinking being, capable of making judgment calls.
Cold Days
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Jeth rolled his eyes, sarcasm the only self- defense mechanism left to him.
Avalon
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Objective: A defense mechanism is an automatic psychological process necessary for successful adaptation.
Pubmed
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He was irritating because that was what he used as a defense mechanism.
Diagnosis: danger
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I discuss how defence mechanisms affect competition and cooperation within bacterial communities.
Pubmed
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The latter includes all the defence mechanisms and most of the Superego.
The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology
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The latter includes all our defence mechanisms and most of the superego.
Terrorists and Freedom Fighters
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But here, there are legal defence mechanisms in place but only in name.
Reuters
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Melanization is one of the insect defence mechanisms against intruding pathogens or parasites.
Pubmed
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Toxoplasma gondii causes cerebral infection in individuals with impaired immunologic defense mechanisms.
Pubmed
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My feelings hurt, I resorted to the oldest of defense mechanisms: sarcasm.
Gentlemen prefer succubi
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Called a capsid, the sheath protects viral DNA from cellular defense mechanisms.
Wired
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In order to survive within the host, bacteria have established various self- defense mechanisms.
Pubmed
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Restriction factors are important components of intrinsic cellular defense mechanisms against viral pathogens.
Pubmed
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She was the model for the island's self-defence mechanism.
iD
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The target's inner self-defence mechanism will always spot this.
Meltdown
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The collision was as bad as you'll see -the perfect storm when challenger and receiver meet in mid-air with no self-defencemechanisms engaged.
The Guardian
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Jeth rolled his eyes, sarcasm the only self-defense mechanism left to him.
Avalon
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Loss of appetite, in that case, is both a blessing and a self-defense mechanism.
Brave girl eating: a family's struggle with anorexia
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One of the most critical research areas in rice is to discern the self-defense mechanism(s), an innate property of all living organisms.
Pubmed
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In order to survive within the host, bacteria have established various self-defense mechanisms.
Pubmed
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Larry's self-defense mechanisms are more practiced than mine are.
Larry's kidney: being the true story of how I found myself in ch...
Usage of psychological defence mechanism in anglès
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They develop psychological defence mechanisms.
Financial Crime and Corruption