idealisation vs defense reaction

idealisation and defense reaction both are nouns.

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

As nouns, defense reaction is a hypernym of idealisation; that is, defense reaction is a word with a broader meaning than idealisation:

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

Other hypernyms of idealisation include defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism.

idealisation (noun)	defense reaction (noun)
a portrayal of something as ideal	(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
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

idealisation vs defense reaction

idealisation and defense reaction both are nouns.

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