REACTION FORMATION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them
   Usage Example(s)
   • his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his
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