English Explanatory Dictionary

defusion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of defusing.
noun
  1. The separation of an emotion or behavior-provoking verbal stimulus from the unwanted emotional or behavioral response as part of a therapeutic process. A neologism meant to indicate the reversal of thought-emotion-action fusion.
noun
  1. Misspelling of diffusion.

Pronunciation

/diːˈfjuːʒən/

Word forms

defusion defusions

Etymology

From defuse + -ion, apparently by analogy with fusion etc.

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