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introjection (in″tro-jek´shәn) a type of defense mechanism in which loved or hated external objects are “absorbed” into the self in order to reduce anxiety from fear of loss (in the case of a loved object) or from fear of hostile or aggressive characteristics getting out of control (in the case of a hated object).
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