reaction formation
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(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
his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive
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- defence hypernym
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- psychiatry domain topic
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| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | psychiatry |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | defence |