Defense Mechanisms

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

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AFFILIATION  613n
ALTRUISM  613ne
ANTICIPATION  219ne
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  219n
AUTISTICFANTASY  204s
DELUSIONALPROJECT  1920n
DENIAL  151e
DEVALUATION  179s
DISPLACEMENT  719e
DISSOCIATION  619ne
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  11s
HUMOR  810n
IDEALIZATION  164w
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111ne
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  220e
OMNIPOTENCE  420ne
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  218ne
PROJECTION  1517n
PROJECTIVEIDENT  185s
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  61e
RATIONALIZATION  32s
REACTIONFORMATION  1618n
REPRESSION  153w
SELFASSERTION  320ne
SELFOBSERVATION  416n
SPLITTING  155w
SUBLIMATION  515n
SUPPRESSION  142w
UNDOING  1418w