Defense Mechanisms

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

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AFFILIATION  515n
ALTRUISM  1615n
ANTICIPATION  616e
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  120ne
AUTISTICFANTASY  1918w
DELUSIONALPROJECT  2019w
DENIAL  911sw
DEVALUATION  1815n
DISPLACEMENT  81e
DISSOCIATION  33e
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  118n
HUMOR  1710sw
IDEALIZATION  1915w
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111sw
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  202s
OMNIPOTENCE  1717w
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  219n
PROJECTION  176sw
PROJECTIVEIDENT  12e
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  182sw
RATIONALIZATION  1920w
REACTIONFORMATION  1920n
REPRESSION  313n
SELFASSERTION  216ne
SELFOBSERVATION  217ne
SUBLIMATION  134w
SUPPRESSION  134sw
UNDOING  124sw