Synonyms and related words :
abnegation, alienation, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance mechanism, blame-shifting, blockage, blocking, challenge, check, clogging, closing up, closure, combative reaction, compensation, complaint, constriction, counteraction, cramp, cynicism, decompensation, defeatism, defense mechanism, defiance, delay, demur, dereism, dereistic thinking, detainment, detention, dismalness, displacement, dispute, dissent, dissentience, dissociation, emotional insulation, escape, escape into fantasy, escape mechanism, escapism, fantasizing, fantasy, fixation, flight, foot-dragging, fractiousness, gloominess, gloomy outlook, hampering, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, impediment, inhibition, interference, interruption, isolation, let, malism, nay, naysaying, negation, negative, negative attitude, negativeness, negativity, nihilism, nix, no, noncooperation, nuisance value, objection, obstinacy, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, overcompensation, passive resistance, pessimism, projection, protest, psychotaxis, rationalization, reaction, rebuff, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitration, refractoriness, reluctance, remonstrance, renitence, renitency, repellence, repellency, repression, repulse, repulsion, resistance, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, retreatism, revolt, setback, sociological adjustive reactions, squeeze, stand, stranglehold, stricture, sublimation, substitution, suppression, uncheerfulness, uncooperativeness, wish-fulfillment fantasy, wishful thinking, withdrawal, withstanding