Usually means: Psychological protection from emotional stress.
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General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. defense mechanism: Merriam-Webster
  2. defense mechanism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. defense mechanism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. defense mechanism: Vocabulary.com
  5. defense mechanism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. defense mechanism: Wiktionary
  7. defense mechanism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. defense mechanism: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. defense mechanism: Dictionary.com
  10. Defense mechanism (biology), Defense mechanism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. defense mechanism: Rhymezone
  12. defense mechanism: FreeDictionary.org
  13. defense mechanism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. defense mechanism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. defense mechanism: Legal dictionary
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. defense mechanism: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. defense mechanism: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  5. defense mechanism: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (defense mechanism)

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

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