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undoing [ən′dü·iŋ]

(psychology)

A defense mechanism by which something unacceptable and already done is symbolically acted out in reverse, usually repetitiously, in the hope of relieving anxiety.

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No references found			The fact is that over-brooding proves the undoing of a man--his complete undoing. Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context His fancies had for the most part revolved about the unsettled political conditions of Henry's reign, for from these he felt he might wrest that opportunity which could be turned to his own personal uses and to the harm, and possibly the undoing, of the King. The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context I helped them in emptying the cart, and placing in it some pillows for the wounded man to rest on; and it was only when the driver had mounted to his place, and was starting for the Surgery, that I bethought me of the strange power I possessed of undoing all this harm. Sylvie and Bruno by Carroll, Lewis View in context			underway sampler Underwing Underwood Underwood chart Underwood distillation method Underwood, Oscar Underwood, Oscar Wilder Underwood, William underworld Underwriters' Laboratories Underwriters' loop undetected error rate Undetermined Coefficients, Method of undetermined multipliers undine undirected graph undistorted wave undisturbed undisturbed motion undisturbed sample undisturbed-one output undisturbed-zero output Undiuliung undo undocumented feature undoing Undolskii, Vukol Undolskii, Vukol Mikhailovich undressed lumber Undset Undset, Sigrid undue burden undulant fever undulating light undulating molding undulating tracery Undulations of the Earth's Crust undulator undulatory extinction undulatus unduloid undy molding Unecha Unemployment Unemployment Benefit unemployment insurance Unen unequal homologous recombination UNESCO Unesco Bulletin for Libraries Unetice Culture			UNDOC undock undocked undocking undocks Undocument Undocument undocumented undocumented Undocumented Alien Undocumented Convention Refugees in Canada Class Undocumented feature Undocumented flying object Undocumented flying object Undocumented worker Undocumented workers Undocumenting Undocumenting Undocuments Undocuments undoer undoer undoer undoes undoes undoes UNDOF undogmatic undogmatic undogmatical undoing Undoing (psychology) Undoing (psychology) Undoing (psychology) Undoing (psychology) Undolskii, Vukol Undolskii, Vukol Mikhailovich undomestic Undomesticate undomesticated Undominated Bayesian Nash Equilibrium undone undone undone undone Undoped semiconductor Undoped semiconductor Undoped Silica Glass Undoped Silicate Glass undos undos undos undos undouble undoubled undoubles undoubling Undoubtable Undoubtable undoubtably undoubtably

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