defence reaction

Questions about defence reaction

What does defence reaction mean?

defence reaction means "(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires".

What is another word for defence reaction?

Close synonyms include defense mechanism, defense reaction, defence mechanism, defense, defence. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is defence reaction a common word?

defence reaction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.