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Intellectualisation

noun
1.
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict.  Synonym: intellectualization.






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"Intellectualisation" Quotes from Famous Books



... 1897, a thoroughly life-like portrait took the place on the coins of the conventional head of 1837-1887, and the awkward compromise of the first Jubilee year. In the case of monarchy one can also watch the intellectualisation of the whole process by the newspapers, the official biographers, the courtiers, and possibly the monarch himself. The daily bulletin of details as to his walks and drives is, in reality, the more likely to create a vivid impression ...
— Human Nature In Politics - Third Edition • Graham Wallas



Words linked to "Intellectualisation" :   defense mechanism, defence, psychopathology, intellectualization, defence reaction, defense reaction, defence mechanism, psychological medicine, defense, psychiatry



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