defense mechanism vs idealization

idealization vs defense mechanism

defense mechanism and idealization both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
defense mechanism	Yes	No	No	No
idealization	Yes	No	No	No

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

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

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

defense mechanism (noun)	idealization (noun)
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires	a portrayal of something as ideal
	something that exists only as an idea
	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad

Difference between defense mechanism and idealization

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