Defense Mechanisms

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

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ACTINGOUT  1910s
AFFILIATION  197w
ALTRUISM  19n
ANTICIPATION  205s
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  19e
AUTISTICFANTASY  205w
DELUSIONALPROJECT  201w
DENIAL  1017e
DEVALUATION  1611w
DISPLACEMENT  43e
DISSOCIATION  86e
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  220e
HUMOR  56w
IDEALIZATION  1818w
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111se
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  22e
OMNIPOTENCE  158w
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  219e
PROJECTION  101w
PROJECTIVEIDENT  410e
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  117e
RATIONALIZATION  24e
REACTIONFORMATION  416e
REPRESSION  119n
SELFASSERTION  114e
SELFOBSERVATION  212e
SUBLIMATION  1613w
SUPPRESSION  315e