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defense vs repression

repression vs defense

defense and repression both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
defense Yes No No No
repression Yes No No No
As nouns, repression is a hyponym of defense; that is, repression 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
  • repression: (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
Other hyponyms of defense include compensation, conversion, denial, displacement, idealisation, idealization, intellectualisation, intellectualization, isolation, projection, rationalisation, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, defensive attribition, passive aggression.
defense (noun) repression (noun)
(military) military action or resources protecting a country against potential enemies the act of repressing; control by holding down
the act of defending someone or something against attack or injury (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious
a defendant's answer or plea denying the truth of the charges against him a state of forcible subjugation
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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