(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…
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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict
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(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents; "the process of thinking…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology.The act or principle of compensating.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.See Defense.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.Alt. of Defence
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.A tendency to blame victims for their misfortune, so that one feels less likely to be victimized in a similar way.; "Previous research…
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.The act of gainsaying, refusing, or disowning; negation; -- the contrary of affirmation.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a putting out of place.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.something that exists only as an idea
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.The act or process of idealizing.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.The act of isolating, or the state of being isolated; insulation; separation; loneliness.
Used in the same subject area: Cognitive psychology, Neurology, Medicine and healthcare, Psychology, Psychiatry.
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A superior force of voice or of articulative effort upon some particular syllable of a word or a phrase, distinguishing it from the ot…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychiatry, defense, mechanism, uses, reasoning.Proof; evidence.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychiatry, defense, mechanism, uses, reasoning.The act of forming reasons, making inductions, drawing conclusions, and applying them to the case in discussion; the operation of infe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychiatry, defense, mechanism, uses, reasoning.A striking or dashing together; violent collision; as, a conflict of elements or waves.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychiatry, defense, mechanism, uses, reasoning.The cultivation of an emotional state of mind; tendency to regard things in an emotional manner.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychiatry, defense, mechanism, uses, reasoning.Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; fo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychiatry, defense, mechanism, uses, reasoning.A margin added so a design can withstand more than its expected load.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychiatry, defense, mechanism, uses, reasoning.The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychiatry, defense, mechanism, uses, reasoning.recurrent abdominal pain and diarrhea (often alternating with periods of constipation); often associated with emotional stress
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychiatry, defense, mechanism, uses, reasoning.That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychiatry, defense, mechanism, uses, reasoning.Flax; linen.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychiatry, defense, mechanism, uses, reasoning.a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning; "I can't follow your l…
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