defense mechanism
Example Sentences
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For Divon, Pallywood is less a conspiracy theory than a psychological defense mechanism.
From Slate ● May 30, 2025
“It was a defense mechanism because of my past history.”
From Salon ● Apr. 27, 2025
I think it’s sort of her defense mechanism — if I get there first, no one can get to it before me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2024
Pyrrolizidine alkaloids likely first evolved as a defense mechanism in plants, which then became a commodity for moths.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2024
It just about shattered every defense mechanism and every pretext I had against going to school.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
