defense mechanism vs rationalisation

rationalisation vs defense mechanism

defense mechanism and rationalisation both are nouns.

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

As nouns, rationalisation is a hyponym of defense mechanism; that is, rationalisation 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
rationalisation: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening

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

defense mechanism (noun)	rationalisation (noun)
(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires	systematic organization; the act of organizing something according to a system or a rationale
	(mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation
	the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency
	the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason
	(psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening

Difference between defense mechanism and rationalisation

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