defence mechanism(n = noun.process) defence, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction - (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires;
is a kind of process, unconscious process, psychoanalytic process
has particulars: compensation, conversion, denial, displacement, idealisation, idealization, intellectualisation, intellectualization, isolation, projection, rationalisation, rationalization, reaction formation, regression, repression

action mechanism, biochemical mechanism, biological defence, biological warfare defence, bw defence, chemical defence, chemical mechanism, defence, defence force, defence policy, defence program, defence reaction, defence system, defense mechanism, deliberate defence, escape mechanism, firing mechanism, gear mechanism, hasty defence, line of defence, mechanism, mechanism of action, missile defence system, rotating mechanism, steering mechanism, transmission mechanism