How to pronounce “defense mechanism” in English

story, are we almost forced to think of it as something more real, something more concrete?I think that's probably a defense mechanism. And this is kind of one of these things and it's like thinking about thinking,almost. I think there are limits and probably evolutionary protections in our brains

You have to go out sometime, right?I think it's like a defense mechanism from relatively emotional jobs.

And it's not a ridiculous theory.And they're really appropriating the defense mechanism of the plant and using it in their hive for themselves.

to walk by it.We build up a wall around us as a defense mechanism, not because we're bad people, but because it's human nature.My kids are two of the biggest homeless advocates you'd ever meet.

And I'm sorry to the janitors in a little bit.But the reason why we react is because it's a defense mechanism.We're trying to protect ourselves.

And so it's a protection mechanism.And you'll see that a lot of attention is a defense mechanism.And a lot of it is activating those defense mechanisms.

We say we rise and are risen, but it's OK to be tired.But don't be put off by anger because many times that's a defense mechanism for people who are very sad.

feel like threats are moving toward them from every direction.And so one of the things they helped me understand-- the kind of defense mechanism that writers, storytellers, artists have used over the years is simply this ideathat, when things look really bad, this is something that seems to happen in Western culture.

I'm like there's something that's catching my eye peripherally.I mean, maybe part of it is a defense mechanism.

In the old days, wine used to be served by underpaid elderly waitstaff, often not speakingvery good English, whose kind of defense mechanism was to be snooty, and didn't really know very much.It was a waste of time asking them for advice.

And so they came.So what should we-- what is, in your opinion, what is the best kind of survival defense mechanism for us in the existing structure?

But if you lived in the San Francisco Bay Area 120 years ago, what kind of law enforcement would you be experiencing?Yeah. There's a sort of a stereotype about violence against the poor, which is maybe part of the self-defense mechanism, like you're saying, well,