Usually means: Psychological response to avoid stress.
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  1. defence mechanism: Collins English Dictionary
  2. defence mechanism: Vocabulary.com
  3. defence mechanism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. defence mechanism: Wiktionary
  5. defence mechanism: Dictionary.com
  6. Defence mechanism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. defence mechanism: Rhymezone
  8. defence mechanism: FreeDictionary.org
  9. defence mechanism: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  11. defence mechanism: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. defence mechanism: Medical dictionary

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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.]

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