idealization vs defense mechanism

idealization and defense mechanism both are nouns.

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

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

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

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

idealization (noun)	defense mechanism (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

idealization vs defense mechanism

idealization and defense mechanism both are nouns.

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