Defense mechanism - synonyms

Total 84 synonym synonyms found for defense mechanism.

alienation

autism

autistic thinking

avoidance

avoidance mechanism

avoidance reaction

avoiding reaction

blame-shifting

block

blocking

circumvention

compensation

conversion

decompensation

defence

defense

defense in depth

defenses

dereism

dereistic thinking

deterrent capacity

displacement

dissociation

dodge

duck

ego defenses

elusion

elusiveness

emotional insulation

equivocation

escape

escape into fantasy

escape mechanism

escapism

evasion

evasive action

evasiveness

fantasizing

fantasy

flight

forbearance

forestalling

forestallment

getting around

guard

isolation

jink

mental block

negative taxis

negativism

neutrality

nonintervention

noninvolvement

overcompensation

prevention

projection

protection

psychological defenses

psychotaxis

rationalization

refraining

repression

resistance

self-defense

self-preservation

self-protection

shunning

shunting off

shy

sidestep

sidetracking

slip

sociological adjustive reactions

sublimation

substitution

suppression

symbolization

the defensive

the runaround

ward

wish-fulfillment fantasy

wishful thinking

withdrawal

zigzag