Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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psychopathology | Yes | No | No | No |
reaction formation | Yes | No | No | No |
psychopathology (noun) | reaction formation (noun) |
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the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders | (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them |
the branch of psychology concerned with abnormal behavior |