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Definition of 'reaction formation' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) reaction formation
(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"

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react  reaction  reaction engine  reaction formation  reactionary  reactionism  reactionist  



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