DEFENSE MECHANISM

Meaning of DEFENSE MECHANISM in English

Function: noun

Date: 1913

1 : an often unconscious mental process (as repression) that makes possible compromise solutions to personal problems

2 : a defensive reaction by an organism

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

DEFENSE MECHANISM — noun Date: 1913 an often unconscious mental process (as repression) that makes possible compromise solutions to personal problems, a defensive …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DEFENSE MECHANISM — In psychoanalytic theory, an often unconscious mental process (such as repression ) that makes possible compromise solutions to personal problems …
Английский словарь Британика
DEFENSE MECHANISM — noun also defense reaction 1. : a reaction whereby an organism defends itself (as against disease germs) 2. : mechanism …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEFENSE MECHANISM — 1. Physiol. the defensive reaction of an organism, as against a pathogenic microorganism. 2. Psychol. an unconscious process, as denial, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEFENSE MECHANISM — reaction of self-protection by an organism; mental process whereby one avoids unpleasant ideas or impulses (Psychoanalysis)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DEFENSE MECHANISM — Date: 1913 1. : an often unconscious mental process (as repression) that makes possible compromise solutions to personal problems 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DEFENSE MECHANISM — [defense mechanism] n (1913) 1: an often unconscious mental process (as repression) that makes possible compromise solutions to personal problems …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DEFENSE MECHANISM — in psychoanalytic theory, any of a group of mental processes that enables the mind to reach compromise solutions to problems …
Britannica English vocabulary
DEFENSE MECHANISM — In psychoanalytic theory, an often unconscious mental process (such as repression ) that makes possible compromise solutions to personal problems …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DEFENSE MECHANISM — Synonyms and related words : alienation, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance, avoidance mechanism, avoidance reaction, avoiding reaction, blame-shifting, block, blocking, circumvention, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEFENSE MECHANISM — защитный механизм защитный механизм
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEFENSE MECHANISM — защитный механизм
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DEFENSE MECHANISM — защитный механизм
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DEFENSE MECHANISM — защитный механизм
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DEFENSE MECHANISM — защитный механизм защитный механизм
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEFENSE — (Verb) pagdepensa;panalipod
English-Visayan vocabulary
DEFENSE — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin defensa vengeance, from Latin, feminine of defensus, past participle of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MECHANISM — I Form of materialism that holds that all natural processes can be explained in terms of laws of matter in …
Английский словарь Британика
DEFENSE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) civil defense defense economics defense mechanism European Defense Community Missile Defense Alarm System Midas …
Английский словарь Британика
DEFENSE — I. də̇ˈfen(t)s, dēˈ-, ˈdēˌf- noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English defens, defense, from Old French; Old French defens, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MECHANISM — ˈmekəˌnizəm noun ( -s ) Etymology: Late Latin mechanisma contrivance, from Greek mēchanē machine + -isma -ism — more at …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DEFENSE — (v. t.) To furnish with defenses; to fortify.
Английский словарь Webster
DEFENSE — (n.) Alt. of Defence
Английский словарь Webster
DEFENSE — — defenseless , adj. — defenselessly , adv. — defenselessness , n. /di fens"/ or, esp. for 7, 9, /dee"fens/ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DEFENSE — I. di-ˈfen(t)s; as antonym of “offense,” often ˈdē-ˌ noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin defensa vengeance, from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MECHANISM — noun mechanical operation or action. 2. mechanism ·noun an ideal machine; a combination of movable bodies constituting a machine, but …
Webster English vocab
DEFENSE — noun ·alt. of defence. 2. defense ·vt to furnish with defenses; to fortify.
Webster English vocab
DEFENSE — [de.fense] n [ME, fr. MF, fr. LL defensa vengeance, fr. L, fem. of defensus, pp. of defendere] (14c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MECHANISM — mech ‧ a ‧ nis ‧ m S3 W3 AC /ˈmekənɪz ə m/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DEFENSE — I. de ‧ fence S2 W1 BrE AmE British English , defense American English /dɪˈfens/ noun [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MECHANISM — ( mechanisms) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In a machine or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MECHANISM
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DEFENSE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE criminal ▪ Keanu Reeves plays a criminal defense attorney who has an uncanny …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MECHANISM — (SYSTEM) [noun] [C] - a way of doing something, esp. one which is planned or part of a systemThe mechanism …
Cambridge English vocab
DEFENSE — n. Black Panther Party for Self Defense civil defense defense economics defense mechanism European Defense Community Missile Defense Alarm System …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
DEFENSE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DEFENSE — See: ZONE DEFENSE.
Slang English vocab
DEFENSE — n. Function: noun 1 means or method of defending FF1C; the skunk's powerful defense against attackers FF1E; Synonyms: aegis, armament, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DEFENSE — noun 1. means or method of defending the skunk's powerful defense against attackers Synonyms: aegis, armament, armor, guard, protection, safeguard, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
MECHANISM — noun 1 part of a machine ADJECTIVE ▪ firing , locking , steering , trigger , winding VERB + MECHANISM …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MECHANISM — n. 1 device, appliance, contrivance, apparatus, instrument, machine This mechanism will detonate the bomb at the right moment 2 machinery, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DEFENSE — See: ZONE DEFENSE.
Словарь английских идиом
DEFENSE — See defense (poker) .
Poker English Dictionary
DEFENSE — 1. Any move or plan that is intended to meet or stop an enemy's threats or attack. 2. Name used …
English Glossary of Chess Terms
MECHANISM — сущ. 1) аппарат, механизм, устройство to trigger a mechanism ≈ пускать механизм to escape mechanism ≈ выпускное отверстие defense mechanism …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEFENSE — амер.; = defence (американизм) defence - Department of D. (американизм) министерство обороны - Secretary of D. (американизм) министр обороны defense …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MECHANISM — mechanism.ogg ʹmekənız(ə)m n 1. механизм, аппарат, устройство defence mechanism - защитный механизм pre-set mechanism - тех. программный механизм the mechanism …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DEFENSE — defense.ogg dıʹfens = defence Department of Defense - амер. министерство обороны Secretary of Defense - амер. министр обороны
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
MECHANISM
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MECHANISM
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DEFENSE — = defence Department of Defense - амер. министерство обороны Secretary of Defense - амер. министр обороны
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
MECHANISM — n 1. механизм, аппарат, устройство defence mechanism - защитный механизм pre-set mechanism - тех. программный механизм the mechanism of the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DEFENSE — = defence Department of Defense - амер. министерство обороны Secretary of Defense - амер. министр обороны
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MECHANISM
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MECHANISM
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MECHANISM — механизм - fail-safe mechanism - goodness of fit mechanism - hit-and-run mechanism - appraisal mechanism - arresting mechanism - cassette mechanism - control mechanism - feedback mechanism - immunologic …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
DEFENSE — оборона, защита - body defenses - host defense
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MECHANISM — механизм - fail-safe mechanism - goodness of fit mechanism - hit-and-run mechanism - appraisal mechanism - arresting mechanism - cassette …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
DEFENSE — оборона, защита - body defenses - host defense
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MECHANISM — 1) механизм; устройство; прибор; аппарат 2) механизм обработки информации; алгоритм - access control mechanism - access mechanism - actuating mechanism …
Англо-Русский словарь по компьютерам
MECHANISM — 1) механизм, аппарат, устройство 2) механизм, техника (исполнения) • - blocking mechanism - bulldozer mechanism - claw mechanism - clearance-free mechanism - constructional mechanism - deflecting mechanism - engaging …
Англо-Русский словарь по строительству и новым строительным технологиям
MECHANISM — 1. механизм; аппарат; устройство 2. механизм (действия) - artificial recovery mechanism - automatic feed-off mechanism - automatic tripping mechanism of subsurface tools - bit …
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MECHANISM — сущ. 1) механизм 2) аппарат 3) устройство • - controlling mechanism - exchange rate mechanism - exit mechanism - mechanism of development - mechanism of the government - voice mechanism Syn: device, …
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