defense vs idealisation

idealisation vs defense

defense and idealisation both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defense	Yes	No	No	No
idealisation	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, idealisation is a hyponym of defense; that is, idealisation is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than defense:

defense: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
idealisation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

Other hyponyms of defense include compensation, conversion, denial, displacement, idealization, intellectualisation, intellectualization, isolation, projection, rationalisation, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression, defensive attribition, passive aggression.

defense (noun)	idealisation (noun)
(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies	a portrayal of something as ideal
the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury	something that exists only as an idea
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
protection from harm
a structure used to defend against attack
the justification for some act or belief
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
the defendant and his legal advisors collectively
(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring
an organization of defenders that provides resistance against attack
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

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