Term: intellectualization: (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: releasing factor: a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: exocet: a guided missile developed by the French government for use against ships
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: piano maker: a person who makes pianos
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: takeaway: a concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: traumatophobia: a morbid fear of battle or physical injury
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: gill net: a flat fishnet suspended vertically in the water to entangle fish by their gills
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: putty: a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: standardization: the condition in which a standard has been successfully established
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: echo: a close parallel of a feeling, idea, style, etc.
Broader: defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires | Unrelated: plug: an electrical device with two or three pins that is inserted in a socket to make an electrical connection