Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defense mechanisms

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
de-fense mech-a-nisms
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does defense mechanisms mean?
plural of defense mechanism

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