Defense Mechanisms

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

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ACTINGOUT  710ne
AFFILIATION  162sw
ALTRUISM  710n
ANTICIPATION  416n
APATHETICWITHDRAWAL  217e
AUTISTICFANTASY  616e
DELUSIONALPROJECT  14s
DENIAL  1118w
DEVALUATION  163sw
DISPLACEMENT  815e
DISSOCIATION  815ne
HELPREJECTINGCOMPL  2020w
HUMOR  1810w
IDEALIZATION  202s
INTELLECTUALIZATION  1111sw
ISOLATIONOFAFFECT  202w
OMNIPOTENCE  2014w
PASSIVEAGGRESSION  317ne
PROJECTIVEIDENT  22s
PSYCHOTICDENIAL  2018w
RATIONALIZATION  31s
REACTIONFORMATION  31e
REPRESSION  63s
SELFASSERTION  515n
SELFOBSERVATION  192sw
SPLITTING  1112e
SUBLIMATION  1013e
SUPPRESSION  1219w
UNDOING  143w