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
SPLITTING
SUBLIMATION
SUPPRESSION
UNDOING

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ACTINGOUT  1210s
AFFILIATION  173w
ALTRUISM  1410sw
ANTICIPATION  1818n
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  118e
AUTISTICFANTASY  1618n
DELUSIONALPROJECT  1920n
DENIAL  208n
DEVALUATION  415n
DISPLACEMENT  313n
DISSOCIATION  154w
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  518n
HUMOR  518ne
IDEALIZATION  1417n
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111ne
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  220e
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  218n
PROJECTION  66s
PROJECTIVEIDENT  52e
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  2017n
RATIONALIZATION  28e
REACTIONFORMATION  171s
REPRESSION  1518n
SELFASSERTION  1719w
SELFOBSERVATION  11s
SPLITTING  76e
SUBLIMATION  165w
SUPPRESSION  61e
UNDOING  137w