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mechanism
(
mental mechanism
)
Function or performance of a
psychic
structure.
This term appears in...
psychoanalysis
includes:
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compensatory mechanism
defense mechanism
escape mechanism
flight mechanism
genitalization
homogenic mechanism
idealized image
inhibition
mote-beam mechanism
negation of the ego
occupational inhibition
prenefarious inhibition
scapegoat mechanism
specific inhibition
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psychoanalysis