Defense Mechanisms

ACTINGOUT
AFFILIATION
ALTRUISM
ANTICIPATION
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL
AUTISTICFANTASY
DELUSIONALPROJECT
DENIAL
DISPLACEMENT
DISSOCIATION
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL
HUMOR
IDEALIZATION
INTELLECTUALIZATION
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT
OMNIPOTENCE
PASSIVEAGGRESSION
PROJECTIVEIDENT
PSYCHOTICDENIAL
RATIONALIZATION
REACTIONFORMATION
SELFASSERTION
SELFOBSERVATION
SPLITTING
SUBLIMATION
SUPPRESSION
UNDOING

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ACTINGOUT  410ne
AFFILIATION  215n
ALTRUISM  1710nw
ANTICIPATION  182s
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  12e
AUTISTICFANTASY  162sw
DELUSIONALPROJECT  2019nw
DENIAL  1420e
DISPLACEMENT  142sw
DISSOCIATION  63se
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  23se
HUMOR  132se
IDEALIZATION  1419nw
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111sw
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  202s
OMNIPOTENCE  179sw
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  1819w
PROJECTIVEIDENT  218ne
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  520e
RATIONALIZATION  11s
REACTIONFORMATION  11e
SELFASSERTION  519ne
SELFOBSERVATION  1619nw
SPLITTING  1118nw
SUBLIMATION  1917n
SUPPRESSION  83se
UNDOING  1018ne