Synonyms and Antonyms for reaction-formation
1. reaction formation (n.)
(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
2. formation (n.)
an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit
3. formation (n.)
the act of fabricating something in a particular shape
4. formation (n.)
a particular spatial arrangement
5. formation (n.)
the act of forming or establishing something
6. formation (n.)
(geology) the geological features of the earth
- slope
- natural depression
- chain
- wall
- spring
- ridgeline
- massif
- geological formation
- drop-off
- aquifer
- folium
- depression
- outpouring
- water table
- ridge
- range of mountains
- cave
- volcanic crater
- shore
- crater
- outflow
- fountain
- water level
- oceanfront
- mineral vein
- beach
- elevation
- mountain range
- mountain chain
- object
- foreshore
- monocline
- delta
- talus
- natural spring
- scree
- vein
- cliff
- diapir
- groundwater level
- incline
- drop
- chain of mountains
- ice mass
- relict
- range
- physical object
- lakefront
- mouth
- natural elevation
- side
7. reaction (n.)
(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
- oxidisation
- decomposition reaction
- displacement
- chemical reaction
- chemical decomposition reaction
- neutralisation reaction
- chain reaction
- chemical action
- reducing
- chemical change
- photochemical reaction
- exothermic reaction
- neutralization
- saponification
- reduction
- elimination reaction
- decomposition
- redox
- chemical equilibrium
- equilibrium
- displacement reaction
- double decomposition
- oxidoreduction
- addition reaction
- oxidation
- neutralization reaction
- oxidization
- chemical process
- endothermic reaction
- double decomposition reaction
- neutralisation
- aldol reaction
- hydrolysis
- metathesis
- oxidation-reduction
8. reaction (n.)
an idea evoked by some experience
9. reaction (n.)
a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent
- bodily function
- innate reflex
- automatism
- galvanic skin response
- GSR
- electrodermal response
- instinctive reflex
- immunologic response
- electrical skin response
- tropism
- Tarchanoff phenomenon
- passage
- psychogalvanic response
- double take
- Fere phenomenon
- answer
- reflex
- inborn reflex
- kinesis
- rebound
- transfusion reaction
- learned response
- reflex response
- immune response
- bodily process
- unconditioned reflex
- physiological reaction
- response
- immune reaction
- reflex action
- taxis
- body process
- learned reaction
- overreaction
- activity
- passing
10. reaction (n.)
a response that reveals a person's feelings or attitude
