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Meanings of defence mechanisms in English

Russian
защитный механизм
Portuguese
mecanismo de defesa
Spanish
mecanismo de defensa
Catalan
mecanisme de defensa

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

защитный механизм
Usage of defence mechanisms in English
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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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The human immune system is one of the most effective defence mechanisms known to nature.
The Guardian
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The present investigation establishes the existence of immunological defence mechanisms in the adult human urothelium.
Pubmed
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We hypothesised that key enzymes of these defence mechanisms may be altered in ischaemic stroke.
Pubmed
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But if you don't have the right defence mechanisms, you leave yourself open to the opposition.
The Irish Times
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They also feature a vast array of defence mechanisms, including the ability to withstand electromagnetic pulses.
News.com.au
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Kohut agreed with Freud that neuroses are conglomerates of defence mechanisms, formations, symptoms, and unconscious conflicts.
The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology
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Opsonization and phagocytosis are important defence mechanisms employed by the host to destroy group A streptococci.
Pubmed
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Then my defence mechanisms suddenly kicked in.
The Guardian
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Don't we develop defence mechanisms against repressed memories and fantasies, against unconscious content incongruent with our self-image?
Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema
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No evidence of oxidative damage to proteins or lipids nor elevation of oxidative stress defence mechanisms were found.
Pubmed
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The human body has several defence mechanisms to try and boost our core temperature when it gets chilly.
BBC