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defense mechanism collapse: (psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires

tack collapse: sailing a zigzag course; (nautical) the act of changing tack; a short nail with a sharp point and a large head; the heading or position of a vessel relative to the trim of its sails; fasten with tacks; "tack the notice on the board"; turn into the wind; "The sailors decided to tack the boat"; "The boat tacked"

fluctuation collapse: the quality of being unsteady and subject to changes; "he kept a record of price fluctuations"; a wave motion; "the fluctuations of the sea"

undependable collapse: liable to be erroneous or misleading; "an undependable generalization"

errant collapse: uncontrolled motion that is irregular or unpredictable; "an errant breeze"; straying from the right course or from accepted standards; "errant youngsters"

fluid collapse: a continuous amorphous substance that tends to flow and to conform to the outline of its container: a liquid or a gas; a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure; subject to change; variable; "a fluid situation fraught with uncertainty"; "everything was unstable following the coup"; affording change (especially in social status); "Britain is not a truly fluid society"; "upwardly mobile"; in cash or easily convertible to cash; "liquid (or fluid) assets"; characteristic of a fluid; capable of flowing and easily changing shape

variation collapse: an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"; the act of changing or altering something slightly but noticeably from the norm or standard; "who is responsible for these variations in taxation?"; an artifact that deviates from a norm or standard; "he patented a variation on the sandal"; a repetition of a musical theme in which it is modified or embellished; an instance of change; the rate or magnitude of change; (astronomy) any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite (especially a perturbation of the earth's moon); the process of varying or being varied

alternation collapse: successive change from one thing or state to another and back again; being regularly exchangeable

wandering collapse: travelling about without any clear destination; "she followed him in his wanderings and looked after him"

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