Usually means: Psychological strategies protecting from anxiety.
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  1. defence mechanisms: Collins English Dictionary
  2. defence mechanisms: Vocabulary.com
  3. defence mechanisms: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. defence mechanisms: Wiktionary
  5. Defence mechanisms: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Defence mechanisms: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See defence_mechanism as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Defence mechanism)

noun:  (British spelling) alternative form of defense mechanism [(psychology) A psychological strategy used unconsciously by people to cope with harmful or stressful situations.]
▸ Also see defence_mechanism


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