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reaction formation   (TTS Sound)



Overview of noun reaction_formation

The noun reaction formation has 1 sense


  • reaction formation -- ((psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them; "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive")