Defense Mechanisms

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

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AFFILIATION  1012n
ANTICIPATION  1718n
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  21e
AUTISTICFANTASY  616n
DELUSIONALPROJECT  420e
DENIAL  151s
DEVALUATION  72s
DISPLACEMENT  819e
DISSOCIATION  55s
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  141s
HUMOR  165n
IDEALIZATION  91s
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111sw
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  202s
OMNIPOTENCE  1620n
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  31s
PROJECTION  1118w
PROJECTIVEIDENT  217n
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  1317n
RATIONALIZATION  1917n
REACTIONFORMATION  118n
REPRESSION  1520n
SELFASSERTION  417n
SELFOBSERVATION  82s
SPLITTING  125s
SUBLIMATION  1818n
SUPPRESSION  1112n
UNDOING  1217w