Defense Mechanisms

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

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ACTINGOUT  1710sw
AFFILIATION  417n
ALTRUISM  202sw
ANTICIPATION  174w
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  192sw
AUTISTICFANTASY  219n
DELUSIONALPROJECT  419ne
DENIAL  1815s
DEVALUATION  45e
DISPLACEMENT  195s
DISSOCIATION  1718w
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  191w
HUMOR  1613sw
IDEALIZATION  2018nw
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111se
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  22e
OMNIPOTENCE  515n
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  204s
PROJECTIVEIDENT  183w
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  186s
RATIONALIZATION  317n
REACTIONFORMATION  117n
SELFASSERTION  187sw
SELFOBSERVATION  320e
SPLITTING  1418nw
SUBLIMATION  1517nw
SUPPRESSION  1619w
UNDOING  86e