rationalisation (noun)
11defense mechanism — noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires • Syn: ↑defense reaction, ↑defence mechanism, ↑defence reaction, ↑defense, ↑defence • Topics: ↑psychia …
12defense reaction — noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires • Syn: ↑defense mechanism, ↑defence mechanism, ↑defence reaction, ↑defense, ↑defence • Topics: ↑psych …
13formalisation — noun the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions) • Syn: ↑formalization • Derivationally related forms: ↑formalise, ↑formalize (for: ↑formalization) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
14psychological medicine — noun the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders • Syn: ↑psychiatry, ↑psychopathology • Derivationally related forms: ↑psychopathological (for: ↑psychopathology), ↑psychopathologic …
15red meat — noun a) Meats such as beef that are dark red in colour when uncooked. Given the fiery tone of the conference, Anita Hills speech must have come as a disappointment. She threw no red meat to the audience. b) Fresh, inspiring, or inflammatory… …
16codification — noun 1. the act of codifying; arranging in a systematic order (Freq. 2) • Derivationally related forms: ↑codify • Hypernyms: ↑systematization, ↑systematisation, ↑rationalization, ↑rationalisation …
17defence mechanism — noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires • Syn: ↑defense mechanism, ↑defense reaction, ↑defence reaction, ↑defense, ↑defence • Topics: ↑psychia …
18defence reaction — noun (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires • Syn: ↑defense mechanism, ↑defense reaction, ↑defence mechanism, ↑defense, ↑defence • Topics: ↑psych …
19formalization — noun the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions) • Syn: ↑formalisation • Derivationally related forms: ↑formalise (for: ↑formalisation), ↑formalize • Hypernyms: ↑ …
20raison d'etre — noun 1. reason for being • Hypernyms: ↑rationalization, ↑rationalisation 2. the purpose that justifies a thing s existence • Hypernyms: ↑function, ↑purpose, ↑role, ↑use …
