List of synonyms from "defects" to synonyms from "defensive"
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- Defend
- Defend against
- Defendability
- Defendable
- Defendant
- Defended
- Defender
- Defending
- Defendings
- Defense
- Defense-attorney
- Defense attorney
- Defense counsel
- Defense cuts
- Defense forces
- Defense lawyer
- Defense mechanism
- Defense reaction
- Defenseless
- Defenselessly
- Defenselessness
- Defensible
- Defensive
Definition of the day : « defense mechanism »
- noun protective activity
- He wondered if his exasperation was real or merely a defense mechanism.
- Extract from : « The Lani People » by J. F. Bone
- I have said that the hostility of the crowd is a sort of "defense mechanism."
- Extract from : « The Behavior of Crowds » by Everett Dean Martin
- Late afternoon of the next day, my defense mechanism was ready.
- Extract from : « The Telenizer » by Don Thompson
- It's a sort of defense mechanism, Doc says, against the disappointments of this life.
- Extract from : « To Remember Charlie By » by Roger Dee
- The crowds delusion of persecution, conspiracy, or oppression is thus a defense mechanism of this nature.
- Extract from : « The Behavior of Crowds » by Everett Dean Martin
- Although the musk is probably distasteful to predators, repellent odor alone seems to be of doubtful value as a defense mechanism.
- Extract from : « Natural History of the Ornate Box Turtle, Terrapene ornata ornata Agassiz » by John M. Legler
- He knew that he was merely a defense mechanism, to ward off fear: for, it wasn't true.
- Extract from : « My Shipmate--Columbus » by Stephen Wilder