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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict
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intellectualisation
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alt. 1 (context uncountable English) the act or process of intellectualising 2 (context countable English) an instance of such a process n. 1 (context uncountable English) the act or process of intellectualising 2 (context countable English) an instance ...
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n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that uses reasoning to block out emotional stress and conflict [syn: intellectualization ]
Usage examples of intellectualisation.
A host of other, simpler, defence mechanisms put to use by the parent are likely to obscure the predominant use of projective identification: projection, displacement, intellectualisation, depersonalisation.