defense mechanism vs isolation

isolation vs defense mechanism

defense mechanism and isolation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, isolation is a hyponym of defense mechanism; that is, isolation 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
isolation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it

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

defense mechanism (noun)	isolation (noun)
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires	the act of isolating something; setting something apart from others
	a country's withdrawal from international politics
	a feeling of being disliked and alone
	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which memory of an unacceptable act or impulse is separated from the emotion originally associated with it
	a state of separation between persons or groups

Difference between defense mechanism and isolation

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