Defense Mechanisms

ACTINGOUT
AFFILIATION
ALTRUISM
ANTICIPATION
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL
AUTISTICFANTASY
DELUSIONALPROJECT
DENIAL
DEVALUATION
DISPLACEMENT
DISSOCIATION
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL
HUMOR
IDEALIZATION
INTELLECTUALIZATION
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT
PASSIVEAGGRESSION
PROJECTION
PROJECTIVEIDENT
PSYCHOTICDENIAL
RATIONALIZATION
REACTIONFORMATION
REPRESSION
SELFASSERTION
SELFOBSERVATION
SUBLIMATION
SUPPRESSION
UNDOING

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ACTINGOUT  310ne
AFFILIATION  198s
ALTRUISM  198sw
ANTICIPATION  206sw
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  201sw
AUTISTICFANTASY  162sw
DELUSIONALPROJECT  420e
DENIAL  113s
DEVALUATION  212ne
DISPLACEMENT  196sw
DISSOCIATION  1818w
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  191sw
HUMOR  82w
IDEALIZATION  313ne
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111sw
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  202s
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  317n
PROJECTION  1817w
PROJECTIVEIDENT  21s
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  14s
RATIONALIZATION  415ne
REACTIONFORMATION  419e
REPRESSION  411ne
SELFASSERTION  314ne
SELFOBSERVATION  203sw
SUBLIMATION  195sw
SUPPRESSION  141w
UNDOING  103w