A Military General Who Only Speaks of Strategy and Refrains

question 43

Multiple Choice

A military general who only speaks of strategy and refrains from using terms such as killing and casualties to describe war is demonstrating the defense mechanism called ________.

• A) denial
• B) intellectualization
• C) reaction formation
• D) repression

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