Defense Mechanisms

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

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AFFILIATION  207w
ALTRUISM  188s
ANTICIPATION  1212w
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  11e
AUTISTICFANTASY  1616w
DELUSIONALPROJECT  118e
DENIAL  1119e
DEVALUATION  611e
DISPLACEMENT  186w
DISSOCIATION  85e
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  19e
HUMOR  520w
IDEALIZATION  84e
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111se
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  22e
OMNIPOTENCE  1919n
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  198w
PROJECTION  1610w
PROJECTIVEIDENT  217e
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  219e
RATIONALIZATION  1714w
REACTIONFORMATION  2019n
SELFASSERTION  1920w
SELFOBSERVATION  63e
SPLITTING  97w
SUBLIMATION  415e
SUPPRESSION  1213w
UNDOING  111s