defense reaction vs idealisation

idealisation vs defense reaction

defense reaction and idealisation both are nouns.

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

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

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

defense reaction (noun)	idealisation (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 reaction and idealisation

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