Usage of "defense mechanisms"

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.

self-defense mechanism

защитный механизм

Synonyms

Examples for "defence mechanism"

Some of these metabolites play important roles in the plant's defence mechanism. 
 Pubmed 

Did he avoid pining to be free as a kind of defence mechanism? 
 The Guardian 

Narcissism is fundamentally an evolved version of the splitting defence mechanism. 
 The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology 

I have this defence mechanism, this survival tactic of playing dumb. 
 The Guardian 

Sigmund Freud described it as a primitive defence mechanism used to resolve emotional conflict. 
 The Irish Times 

They develop psychological defence mechanisms. 
 Financial Crime and Corruption 

It's a psychological defense mechanism, a means of coping with the unbearable. 
 The panic zone 

The defense mechanism wasn't a thinking being, capable of making judgment calls. 
 Cold Days 

Jeth rolled his eyes, sarcasm the only self- defense mechanism left to him. 
 Avalon 

Objective: A defense mechanism is an automatic psychological process necessary for successful adaptation. 
 Pubmed 

He was irritating because that was what he used as a defense mechanism. 
 Diagnosis: danger 

I discuss how defence mechanisms affect competition and cooperation within bacterial communities. 
 Pubmed 

The latter includes all the defence mechanisms and most of the Superego. 
 The Developmental Psychology of Psychopathology 

The latter includes all our defence mechanisms and most of the superego. 
 Terrorists and Freedom Fighters 

But here, there are legal defence mechanisms in place but only in name. 
 Reuters 

Melanization is one of the insect defence mechanisms against intruding pathogens or parasites. 
 Pubmed 

She was the model for the island's self-defence mechanism. 
 iD 

The target's inner self-defence mechanism will always spot this. 
 Meltdown 

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 

Jeth rolled his eyes, sarcasm the only self-defense mechanism left to him. 
 Avalon 

Loss of appetite, in that case, is both a blessing and a self-defense mechanism. 
 Brave girl eating: a family's struggle with anorexia 

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 

In order to survive within the host, bacteria have established various self-defense mechanisms. 
 Pubmed 

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 defense mechanisms in English

Toxoplasma gondii causes cerebral infection in individuals with impaired immunologic defense mechanisms. 
 Pubmed 

My feelings hurt, I resorted to the oldest of defense mechanisms: sarcasm. 
 Gentlemen prefer succubi 

Called a capsid, the sheath protects viral DNA from cellular defense mechanisms. 
 Wired 

In order to survive within the host, bacteria have established various self- defense mechanisms. 
 Pubmed 

Restriction factors are important components of intrinsic cellular defense mechanisms against viral pathogens. 
 Pubmed 

Activation of endogenous defense mechanisms may provide better protection against stroke-induced oxidative injury. 
 Pubmed 

Conclusion: Using mature defense mechanisms helped young adults to adapt to a particular situation. 
 Pubmed 

We examined psychiatric history, the pattern of defense mechanisms, and depression and anxiety levels. 
 Pubmed 

And a lifetime's worth of defense mechanisms slamming into place. 
 Ryan's place 

It has been shown that granulysin contributes to the defense mechanisms against mycobacterial infection. 
 Pubmed 

This implies that host defense mechanisms cooperate to limit inflammation while controlling fungal burden. 
 Pubmed 

These are all primitive, infantile, and often persecutory, defense mechanisms. 
 Terrorists and Freedom Fighters 

Objective: To examine whether increased sleep during viral or bacterial infections supports host defense mechanisms. 
 Pubmed 

This information is important for understanding the defense mechanisms of the "fire corals". 
 Pubmed 

Plasma fibronectin is an attachment protein important for maintaining capillary integrity and host defense mechanisms. 
 Pubmed 

Truth penetrated the defense mechanisms her psyche had erected. 
 Depraved 

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