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  1010e
AFFILIATION  213e
ALTRUISM  199w
ANTICIPATION  217e
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  1920w
AUTISTICFANTASY  165w
DELUSIONALPROJECT  1917n
DENIAL  132e
DEVALUATION  1611w
DISPLACEMENT  153w
DISSOCIATION  319e
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  1816w
HUMOR  58w
IDEALIZATION  178w
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111nw
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  2020n
OMNIPOTENCE  612e
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  181w
PROJECTIVEIDENT  1814w
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  42e
RATIONALIZATION  118e
REACTIONFORMATION  186w
SELFASSERTION  144w
SELFOBSERVATION  1715w
SPLITTING  110e
SUBLIMATION  87e
SUPPRESSION  14s
UNDOING  89w