Reaction-formation
noun, Psychoanalysis.
1.
a behavioral tendency developed in direct opposition to a repressed impulse.
noun
1.
(psychoanal) a defence mechanism by which a person at a conscious level condemns a repressed wish: thus, a latent homosexual may denounce homosexuality
reaction formation n.
A defense mechanism by which an objectionable impulse is expressed in an opposite or contrasting attitude or behavior.
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