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Definition: Defence Mechanism |
Defence MechanismNoun1. (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Defence MechanismSynonyms: defence (n), defence reaction (n), defense (n), defense mechanism (n), defense reaction (n). (additional references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
defence mechanism | 10 |
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| Language | Translations for "defence mechanism"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Czech | obranný mechanismus. (various references) | ||||
French | mécanisme de défence. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | efenceday echanismmay | ||||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 66 65 6E 63 65 4D 65 63 68 61 6E 69 73 6D |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01100110 01100101 01101110 01100011 01100101 00100000 01001101 01100101 01100011 01101000 01100001 01101110 01101001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e f e n c e   M e c h a n i s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0066 0065 006E 0063 0065 004D 0065 0063 0068 0061 006E 0069 0073 006D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)387172718069712477169746780758579 |
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