defense mechanism
Example Sentences
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A stingray’s defense mechanism is to camouflage itself on top of the ocean floor’s sand or buried under it.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2025
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
It is important to remember that inflammation is a defense mechanism of the body.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2024
The therapist Mark and Linda made him see had called it a defense mechanism, and Joaquin thought that sounded exactly like something that someone who never needed a defense mechanism would say.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
