Term: idealization: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: bitch: an unpleasant difficulty
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: woodenness: the quality of being wooden and awkward
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: cherry bomb: a red ball-shaped firecracker with high explosive power
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: malleus: the ossicle attached to the eardrum
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: ego ideal: (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: vest pocket: a small pocket in a man's vest
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: side yard: the grounds at either side of a house
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: enflurane: a nonflammable liquid (trade name Ethrane) used as an inhalation general anesthetic
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: body: the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: lip: (botany) either of the two parts of a bilabiate corolla or calyx