Definitions from Wikipedia (Reaction formation)

▸ noun:  In psychoanalytic theory, reaction formation is a defense mechanism in which emotions, desires and impulses that are anxiety-producing or unacceptable to the ego are mastered by exaggeration of the directly opposing tendency.
▸ Also see reaction_formation


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