Defense Mechanisms

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

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AFFILIATION  914e
ALTRUISM  1210e
ANTICIPATION  1210w
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  113e
AUTISTICFANTASY  166w
DELUSIONALPROJECT  49e
DENIAL  617w
DEVALUATION  1611w
DISPLACEMENT  716e
DISSOCIATION  618e
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  182w
HUMOR  1920n
IDEALIZATION  148w
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111ne
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  220e
OMNIPOTENCE  203s
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  173w
PROJECTIVEIDENT  21e
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  1517w
RATIONALIZATION  164w
REACTIONFORMATION  45e
SELFASSERTION  112e
SELFOBSERVATION  1719w
SPLITTING  915w
SUBLIMATION  17e
SUPPRESSION  2015w
UNDOING  714w