Assertion: defense mechanism | /r/CapableOf | deny reality
Facets:
value: the more
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The more primary a defense is, the more it will belong to early periods of life and the more it will tend to deny reality.
text: To put it into official words, according to psychoanalytic theory, defense mechanisms are psychological strategies brought into play by the unconscious mind to manipulate, deny, or distort reality in order to defend against feelings of anxiety and unacceptable impulses.
text: Defence mechanisms (German: Abwehrmechanismen) are psychological strategies brought into play by the unconscious mind to manipulate, deny, or distort reality in order to defend against feelings of anxiety and unacceptable impulses and to maintain one's self-schema or other schemas.