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  119ne
AFFILIATION  2013w
ALTRUISM  1911n
ANTICIPATION  1915w
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  110e
AUTISTICFANTASY  217ne
DELUSIONALPROJECT  320e
DENIAL  102e
DEVALUATION  126w
DISPLACEMENT  1817w
DISSOCIATION  123w
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  120ne
HUMOR  1310ne
IDEALIZATION  814e
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111sw
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  202s
OMNIPOTENCE  117sw
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  174w
PROJECTIVEIDENT  518e
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  12e
RATIONALIZATION  516e
REACTIONFORMATION  171w
SELFASSERTION  135w
SELFOBSERVATION  2019w
SPLITTING  1112e
SUBLIMATION  116n
SUPPRESSION  27e
UNDOING  1111e