Reaction Formation

Definition: Reaction Formation

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; "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive".

Crosswords: Reaction Formation

English words defined with "reaction formation": neutralisation, neutralisation reaction, neutralization, neutralization reaction. (references)

Specialty definitions using "reaction formation": 25-Hydroxycholecalciferol 1-Hydroxylase ♦ Creatine Kinase, crystallization interval ♦ Elsner's equation ♦ Glucose Oxidase, Glucuronides ♦ heat of reaction, Hypoxanthine ♦ Protein Folding, Protein-Glutamine gamma-Glutamyltransferase ♦ slagging, slagging of refractories, subsurface corrosion, Sulfite Oxidases ♦ Tetrahydrofolate Dehydrogenase. (references)

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Modern Translations: Reaction Formation

Language		Translations for "reaction formation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		eactionray ormationfay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Reaction Formation

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-f-i-i-m-n-n-o-o-o-r-r-t-t"
	-3 letters: reconfirmation.
	-4 letters: fractionation.
	-5 letters: antiromantic, confirmation, conformation, contaminator, fractionator, ratiocinator.
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