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Reaction formation
/riˈækʃən
fɔrmˈeɪʃən/
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Reaction formation
noun
1.
(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.
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