Synonyms and related words :
aeration, aerification, alienation, atomization, autism, autistic thinking, avoidance mechanism, blame-shifting, block, blocking, bolting, clarification, colature, compensation, conversion, decompensation, defense mechanism, dereism, dereistic thinking, destructive distillation, displacement, dissociation, distillation, edulcoration, elution, elutriation, emotional insulation, escape, escape into fantasy, escape mechanism, escapism, essentialization, etherealization, etherification, evaporation, exhalation, extraction, fantasizing, fantasy, filtering, filtration, flight, fluidization, fractionation, fumigation, gasification, isolation, leaching, lixiviation, mental block, negativism, overcompensation, percolation, projection, psychotaxis, purification, rationalization, refinement, repression, resistance, riddling, screening, separation, sieving, sifting, smoking, sociological adjustive reactions, spiritualization, steaming, straining, substitution, suppression, symbolization, vaporization, volatilization, winnowing, wish-fulfillment fantasy, wishful thinking, withdrawal