防ぼう衛えい機き構こう

noun

defense mechanism

Psychological term for unconscious strategies that protect the ego from anxiety or unacceptable impulses. Often used in clinical or academic contexts.

See also: 防衛機制

• 防ぼう衛えい機き構こうは、不ふ安あんから自じ我がを守まもる無む意い識しきの働はたらきです。

  Defense mechanisms are unconscious processes that protect the ego from anxiety.

• 心しん理り学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうで防ぼう衛えい機き構こうについて学まなんだ。

  I learned about defense mechanisms in psychology class.