Defence mechanism and Psychoanalytic process

Defence mechanism noun - (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires.

Psychoanalytic process and defence mechanism are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Psychoanalytic process" instead a noun phrase "Defence mechanism".

Psychoanalytic process noun - A process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory.

Defence mechanism and psychoanalytic process are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Defence mechanism" with "Psychoanalytic process", this phrases are similar.