defense reaction vs rationalization

rationalization vs defense reaction

defense reaction and rationalization both are nouns.

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

As nouns, rationalization is a hyponym of defense reaction; that is, rationalization 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
rationalization: (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 reaction include compensation, conversion, denial, displacement, idealisation, idealization, intellectualisation, intellectualization, isolation, projection, rationalisation, reaction formation, regression, repression, defensive attribition, passive aggression.

defense reaction (noun)	rationalization (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 reaction and rationalization

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