Translation for "reaktionsbildung" to english
Translation examples
War das möglicherweise eine Reaktionsbildung?
Was this perhaps a reaction-formation?
Der Anfang einer Reaktionsbildung, dachte er, die Identifikation mit dem vermeintlichen Aggressor.
The beginning of a reaction formation, he thought. The identification with the perceived aggressor.
»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.«
‘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.’
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