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reaction formation

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1.(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

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    Idiom of the Day

    sit (something) out or sit out (something)
    to not participate in something, to wait until something is over
    I am planning to sit the meeting out as I am very tired today.



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