Defense Mechanisms

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

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ACTINGOUT  1012n
AFFILIATION  714n
ALTRUISM  519e
ANTICIPATION  616n
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  192w
AUTISTICFANTASY  42s
DELUSIONALPROJECT  174s
DENIAL  1814s
DEVALUATION  1519n
DISPLACEMENT  1315n
DISSOCIATION  1915n
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  143s
HUMOR  152s
IDEALIZATION  122s
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111sw
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  202s
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  219n
PROJECTIVEIDENT  119n
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  185s
RATIONALIZATION  52s
REACTIONFORMATION  819n
REPRESSION  93s
SELFASSERTION  164s
SELFOBSERVATION  201w
SPLITTING  320ne
SUBLIMATION  35s
SUPPRESSION  320e
UNDOING  1111n