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intellectualization
is a kind of:
mechanism
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defense mechanism
safety device
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defense mechanism
mechanism
»
defense mechanism
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neurotic defense mechanism
safety device
»
defense mechanism
»
neurotic defense mechanism
Through this
defense mechanism
one may attempt to resolve an emotional
conflict
by substitution of elaborate abstract thought for experience of emotion.
This term appears in...
psychoanalysis
psychodynamic psychotherapy
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