Reaction formation – An attempt to remove any “unacceptable thoughts” from one's consciousness by replacing them with the exact opposite. هي محاولة إزالة أي "أفكار غير مقبولة" من وعي الشخص عن طريق إبدالها بالأفكار العكسية تماماً.
تعريف الإنجليزية
(psychiatry) a defense mechanism in which a person unconsciously develops attitudes and behavior that are the opposite of unacceptable repressed desires and impulses and serve to conceal them; "his strict morality is just a reaction formation to hide his sexual drive"