Translation for "reaction formation" to german
Translation examples
Was this perhaps a reaction-formation?
War das möglicherweise eine Reaktionsbildung?
The beginning of a reaction formation, he thought. The identification with the perceived aggressor.
Der Anfang einer Reaktionsbildung, dachte er, die Identifikation mit dem vermeintlichen Aggressor.
‘Truth is, Hannah,’ I went on, ‘Malik must have been using the concept of lying unconsciously, as a kind of reaction formation to show how we have to be absolutely scrupulous about telling the truth.’
»Die Wahrheit ist, Hannah«, fuhr ich fort, »daß Malik das unbewußte Lügen gemeint haben muß, also eine Art Reaktionsbildung, um zu zeigen, daß wir uns absolut gewissenhaft um Wahrheit bemühen.«
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