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symptom formation

n.

The process of developing a physical or behavioral substitute for an unconscious impulse or a conflict that causes anxiety, such as avoiding crowds.symptom substitution

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Nearby words

  1. symposiarch,
  2. symposiast,
  3. symposium,
  4. symptom,
  5. symptom complex,
  6. symptomatic,
  7. symptomatic anthrax,
  8. symptomatic porphyria,
  9. symptomatic pruritus,
  10. symptomatic reaction
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