defense mechanism: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
psychoanalytic process: a process that is assumed to occur in psychoanalytic theory
barratry: (maritime law) a fraudulent breach of duty by the master of a ship that injures the owner of the ship or its cargo; includes every breach of trust such as stealing or sinking or deserting the ship or embezzling the cargo