character defense
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character defense
[′kar·ik·tər di‚fens] (psychology)
Any character trait that serves an unconscious defensive purpose.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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In the late 1920s, Reich observed that individuals with rigid
character defenses (rigid character armor) also had muscular hypertrophy and rigidity.
He also observed that the more rigid the
character defenses, the more rigid the muscular defenses.
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