Psychoanalysis an unconscious reaction in which a feeling or trait finds expression as the exact opposite of a repressed feeling or impulse
reaction formation
reaction formationWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"reaction formation." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/reaction-formation>.
APA Style
reaction formation. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/reaction-formation
reaction formation
noun
A psychological defense mechanism by which a repressed impulse is expressed in an opposite or contrasting behavior.
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"reaction formation." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/reaction-formation>.
APA Style
reaction formation. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/reaction-formation
reaction formation - Medical Definition
n.
A psychological defense mechanism by which a repressed impulse is expressed in an opposite or contrasting behavior.
The American Heritage Dictionary of Medicine © 2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Link to this page
Cite this page
MLA Style
"reaction formation." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/reaction-formation>.
APA Style
reaction formation. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/reaction-formation
