abnegation alienation arrest arrestation arrestment autism autistic thinking avoidance mechanism blame-shifting blockage blocking challenge check clogging closing up closure combative reaction compensation complaint constriction counteraction cramp cynicism decompensation defeatism defense mechanism defiance delay demur dereism dereistic thinking detainment detention dismalness displacement dispute dissent dissentience dissociation emotional insulation escape escape into fantasy escape mechanism escapism fantasizing fantasy fixation flight foot-dragging fractiousness gloominess gloomy outlook hampering hindering hindrance holdback holdup impediment inhibition interference interruption isolation let malism nay naysaying negation negative negative attitude negativeness negativity nihilism nix no noncooperation nuisance value objection obstinacy obstruction obstructionism occlusion opposition overcompensation passive resistance pessimism projection protest psychotaxis rationalization reaction rebuff recalcitrance recalcitrancy recalcitration refractoriness reluctance remonstrance renitence renitency repellence repellency repression repulse repulsion resistance restraint restriction retardation retardment retreatism revolt setback sociological adjustive reactions squeeze stand stranglehold stricture sublimation substitution suppression uncheerfulness uncooperativeness wish-fulfillment fantasy wishful thinking withdrawal withstanding