reaction formation(n = noun.process) - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them; "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive"
is a kind of defence, defence mechanism, defence reaction, defense, defense mechanism, defense reaction

addition reaction, aldol reaction, allergic reaction, anamnestic reaction, anxiety reaction, calque formation, catholic reaction force, chain reaction, chemical decomposition reaction, chemical reaction, conditional reaction, conditioned reaction, conversion reaction, decomposition reaction, defence reaction, defense reaction, displacement reaction, double decomposition reaction, double replacement reaction, elimination reaction, endoergic reaction, endothermic reaction, exoergic reaction, exothermic reaction, formation, geological formation, gut reaction, heat of formation, hypersensitivity reaction, immune reaction, insulin reaction, knee jerk reaction, law of action and reaction, learned reaction, light reaction, military formation, molisch reaction, neutralisation reaction, neutralization reaction, nuclear fusion reaction, nuclear reaction, pair formation, photochemical reaction, physiological reaction, quellung reaction, reaction, reaction engine, reaction propulsion, reaction time, reaction turbine, reticular formation, startle reaction, thermonuclear reaction, transfusion reaction, type i allergic reaction, type iv allergic reaction, wasserman reaction, widal reaction, word formation