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  1310s
AFFILIATION  1319w
ALTRUISM  1210s
ANTICIPATION  813n
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  141s
AUTISTICFANTASY  41s
DELUSIONALPROJECT  13s
DENIAL  187n
DEVALUATION  92s
DISPLACEMENT  815ne
DISSOCIATION  73s
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  618n
HUMOR  618ne
IDEALIZATION  177s
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111ne
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  220e
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  22s
PROJECTIVEIDENT  196s
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  1816n
RATIONALIZATION  34s
REACTIONFORMATION  1618n
REPRESSION  1110n
SELFASSERTION  2020n
SELFOBSERVATION  52s
SPLITTING  129n
SUBLIMATION  1519n
SUPPRESSION  101s
UNDOING  201s