What is another word for defense mechanism?
656 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪfˈɛns mˈɛkənˌɪzəm], [ dɪfˈɛns mˈɛkənˌɪzəm], [ d_ɪ_f_ˈɛ_n_s m_ˈɛ_k_ə_n_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]Table of Contents
Similar words for defense mechanism:Synonyms for Defense mechanism:
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•defence (noun) •defense (noun) •defense mechanism (noun) •escape mechanism (noun) •Other relevant words: (noun)Other synonyms:
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- septic,
- conditioning,
- inflammation,
- lymph,
- candida,
- lymphatic,
- sublimate,
- isolation period,
- biosecurity,
- sty,
- fester,
- infected,
- histamine,
- obsessed,
- rubbing alcohol,
- obsessive,
- immune system,
- incubation period,
- interferon,
- cross-contamination,
- sinusitis,
- species barrier,
- Oedipal,
- cross infection,
- regressive,
- immunosuppression,
- infection,
- immunity,
- quarantine,
- pus,
- safety valve,
- antibody,
- foreign body,
- catharsis,
- obsessional.
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- resonance,
- obsess,
- regression,
- fixated,
- transference,
- obsession,
- exorcism,
- immune,
- fixation,
- foreign,
- pestilential,
- invasion,
- Patterning.
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- scar,
- projection.
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- spread.
- scathe,
- mess,
- longanimity,
- changeover,
- case,
- buffer zone,
- prevarication,
- maneuver,
- expulsion,
- transposition,
- crushing,
- scrape,
- lookout man,
- jut,
- common carrier,
- fan out,
- disaffection,
- close up,
- combat injury,
- obturate,
- affair,
- lighting,
- protective cover,
- blockade,
- carrier wave,
- run away,
- vigour,
- leak,
- cuticle,
- hinder,
- slew,
- possessed,
- ignition,
- obstruct,
- broadcast,
- gap,
- spreadhead,
- drop off,
- coordination compound,
- facing pages,
- cutting,
- cognitive process,
- safeguard,
- chemise,
- solecism,
- exchange,
- ichor,
- dod,
- flying,
- pizzaz,
- bobble,
- slue,
- pizzazz,
- trajectory,
- phantasy,
- count,
- cellblock,
- stratagem,
- demur,
- slick,
- get off,
- run,
- block off,
- paste,
- sentry,
- blockage,
- trace,
- encroachment,
- thing,
- regression toward the mean,
- break loose,
- head game,
- jam,
- unsure,
- pilot,
- acoustic projection,
- purgation,
- faux pas,
- fixing,
- transition,
- slide,
- preoccupied,
- firing,
- buff,
- zag,
- pulley block,
- cowcatcher,
- purulence,
- cube,
- festering,
- infective,
- circularize,
- exemption,
- negativeness,
- immune carrier,
- forget,
- stymy,
- resistant,
- operation,
- price,
- litigate,
- fantasize,
- lug,
- drug withdrawal,
- bollocks up,
- stop,
- gaffe,
- screen,
- falsifying,
- pestilent,
- retrogression,
- guard duty,
- distill,
- mesmerism,
- fall away,
- tribute,
- self-renunciation,
- bed covering,
- trade protection,
- bungle,
- flight of steps,
- commando,
- sentry duty,
- pulley-block,
- hightail it,
- slickness,
- flub,
- bearer,
- reverberance,
- harm,
- skirt,
- sentry go,
- hurt,
- mishandle,
- permutation,
- scat,
- diffident,
- douse,
- bed cover,
- mark,
- cattle farm,
- scratch,
- deracination,
- treat,
- topic,
- gaucherie,
- block up,
- symbol,
- letter carrier,
- fumble,
- precaution,
- spreading,
- miscue,
- propagate,
- circularise,
- ghost,
- yeoman of the guard,
- bunk,
- get away,
- muck up,
- harbor,
- newsboy,
- stye,
- shift,
- mailman,
- drop away,
- nonsocial infection,
- translation,
- fancy,
- proffer,
- compulsion,
- distribute,
- buffer store,
- forest fire fighter,
- replacement,
- obviation,
- harbour,
- displacement reaction,
- inflaming,
- impede,
- swear out,
- kindling,
- stifling,
- ringing,
- lookout,
- detachment,
- subtilize,
- cicatrix,
- transmission system,
- occlusion,
- flattop,
- deflect,
- kibosh,
- zig-zag,
- banquet,
- scheme,
- strip,
- flight of stairs,
- muff,
- equipment casualty,
- spotter,
- take to the woods,
- self-denial,
- chemical mechanism,
- disseminate,
- cicatrice,
- get out,
- rubor,
- symbolism,
- ruffle up,
- backdown,
- katharsis,
- ejection,
- slipperiness,
- freeze,
- estrangement,
- trip,
- self-abnegation,
- crank,
- terms,
- maturate,
- defense mechanism,
- building complex,
- cognitive operation,
- unsusceptibility,
- overspread,
- timid,
- sanies,
- composite,
- escape valve,
- excitation,
- slip of paper,
- jutting,
- outflow,
- sneak,
- hold,
- commutation,
- simple regression,
- work on,
- bollix,
- circumvent,
- mistake,
- excitement,
- dip,
- botch,
- systematisation,
- legal injury,
- moorage,
- draw a blank,
- sound projection,
- action,
- auction block,
- pulling out,
- luxate,
- injure,
- oomph,
- noninterference,
- offend,
- ranch,
- plangency,
- egis,
- suppurate,
- inhibition,
- serve,
- open,
- defend,
- suppuration,
- transmittance,
- work,
- toter,
- botch up,
- shell,
- patience,
- pulley,
- scarper,
- cattle ranch,
- immobilise,
- bumble,
- screw up,
- wrong,
- engine block,
- spread head,
- saving,
- weigh,
- plaguey,
- statistical regression,
- subject,
- electrical resistance,
- pillow slip,
- nonpayment,
- sonorousness,
- recompense,
- onanism,
- get by,
- pillowcase,
- security guard,
- leakage,
- heartiness,
- fledge,
- disproof,
- systematization,
- haunt,
- hospital ward,
- put off,
- immobilize,
- spread out,
- pestiferous,
- granting immunity,
- head for the hills,
- scout,
- supplanting,
- psychotic belief,
- skid,
- feast,
- march,
- resistivity,
- demurral,
- blow,
- hint,
- parapraxis,
- abreaction,
- underground,
- opposition,
- postman,
- fly the coop,
- steal,
- spoil,
- hallucination,
- fluff,
- elude,
- extraneous,
- cylinder block,
- retroversion,
- halt,
- vigor,
- make pure,
- relief valve,
- glorification,
- mechanics,
- rebirth,
- shelter,
- bar,
- city block,
- aaron montgomery ward,
- shimmy,
- disassociation,
- pigsty,
- miss,
- forcing out,
- security,
- transmittal,
- resistor,
- slip-up,
- dispossession,
- watch,
- occlude,
- teddy,
- watcher,
- suppurating sore,
- climb-down,
- circulate,
- transmitting,
- preclusion,
- project,
- err,
- breastplate,
- babyminder,
- wounding,
- redness,
- turning away,
- symbolic representation,
- electric resistance,
- dodging,
- impairment,
- closure,
- manoeuvre,
- intrusion,
- bollix up,
- spite,
- alien,
- stuff,
- negativity,
- sideslip,
- pigpen,
- mail carrier,
- splay,
- ball up,
- purify,
- berth,
- fender,
- defense department,
- baby minder,
- withdrawal method,
- pass around,
- lesion,
- soften,
- aircraft carrier,
- hordeolum,
- pit,
- break away,
- quelling,
- cushion,
- prompting,
- physical process,
- haunted,
- buffer storage,
- yeoman,
- stoppage,
- ruffle,
- switch,
- barricade,
- procedure,
- go around,
- unfold,
- mental process,
- sue,
- eye infection,
- rumple,
- buckler,
- sonority,
- turn tail,
- closing off,
- outspread,
- bollocks,
- vibrancy,
- diffuse,
- bruise,
- strange,
- slip one's mind,
- hypnotism,
- bedspread,
- department of defense,
- carapace,
- complicated,
- parry,
- lam,
- tint,
- embarrass,
- fuck up,
- outgrowth,
- falsification,
- stymie,
- choke up,
- rarefy,
- secession,
- pock,
- zing,
- abnegation,
- fervor,
- summons,
- polisher,
- issue,
- fantasise,
- dispersed,
- fudge,
- taken up,
- zig,
- escape cock,
- contagious disease,
- disperse,
- duck's egg,
- mooring,
- safety device,
- exoneration,
- evade,
- tergiversation,
- fervour,
- eluding,
- curtailment,
- illusion,
- bedcover,
- proposition,
- appendage,
- foul up,
- regress,
- protrusion,
- picket,
- disinterest,
- louse up,
- rapport,
- sublime,
- blank out,
- contrivance,
- hedge,
- transfer,
- attack aircraft carrier,
- dislocate,
- infantile fixation,
- safety,
- injury,
- spiritual rebirth,
- reversion,
- symbolisation,
- impedance,
- counterpane,
- scatter,
- fire warden,
- protective covering,
- arrested development.
- ward,
- protection,
- wish-fulfillment fantasy,
- evasiveness,
- substitution,
- nonintervention,
- self-defence,
- overcompensation,
- alienation,
- isolation,
- sublimation,
- dodge,
- withdrawal,
- self-protection,
- Jink,
- forbearance,
- resistance,
- Sidetracking,
- prevention,
- mental block,
- self-preservation,
- getting around,
- avoidance reaction,
- runaround,
- escapism,
- evasive action,
- Refraining,
- slip,
- wishful thinking,
- circumvention,
- wish fulfillment,
- defenses,
- evasion,
- avoidance,
- forestalling,
- blame-shifting,
- dynamism,
- shunning,
- elusion,
- zigzag,
- repression,
- escape,
- elusiveness,
- noninvolvement,
- avoiding reaction,
- suppression,
- fantasy,
- displacement,
- blocking,
- autistic thinking,
- symbolization,
- guard,
- negativism,
- decompensation,
- flight,
- neutrality,
- avoidance mechanism,
- block,
- duck,
- rationalization,
- conversion,
- autism,
- self-defense,
- sidestep,
- shy,
- equivocation,
- fantasizing,
- compensation,
- dissociation,
- forestallment.
