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Reaction formation   /riˈækʃən fɔrmˈeɪʃən/   Listen
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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