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Sublimation

Medical Definition: A defense mechanism through which unacceptable impulses and instinctive urges are diverted into personally and socially acceptable channels; e.g., aggression may be diverted through sports activities.
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Previously Indexed: Psychoanalytic Theory (1966-1967)

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