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defusion
[dee-fyoo-zhuhn]
noun
Psychoanalysis.
separation of the life instinct from the death instinct, a process often accompanying maturity.
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"Through dialogue comes understanding and a defusion of tension."
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One strategy for distancing is called defusion.
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About five hours after the defusion, residents started returning home.
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A state of emergency has been declared in the three municipalities affected by the defusion operation, Thessaloniki's Deputy Governor Voula Patoulidou told the Associated Press. news agency.
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These participants were then randomly assigned into one of three strategy groups: cognitive “defusion,” acceptance, or control.
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