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(psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations — one good and one bad

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  1. n. (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations — one good and one bad
  2. n. something that exists only as an idea
  3. n. a portrayal of something as ideal
  4. n (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that splits something you are ambivalent about into two representations--one good and one bad n something that exists only as an idea n a portrayal of something as ideal