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defense mechanisms

defense mechanisms is the plural of defense mechanism.

Meaning of defense mechanism

Noun

defense mechanism (plural defense mechanisms)

  1. (US) A psychological strategy used unconsciously by people to cope with harmful or stressful situations.
  2. (US, evolutionary theory) An automatic reaction of the body against foreign antibodies.

Questions about defense mechanisms

What is defense mechanisms the plural of?
Defense mechanisms is the plural of defense mechanism.

Words near defense mechanisms in the dictionary

  1. defense in abatement
  2. defense in depth
  3. defense lawyer
  4. defense lawyers
  5. defense mechanism
  6. defense mechanisms
  7. defense wound
  8. defense wounds
  9. defense-independent pitching statistics
  10. defensed
  11. defenseless

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