stackyFACTSIf a little boy throws rocks at you, he doesn't like you—he is just violent. But in adult psychology, reaction formation is a defense mechanism where a person represses their true, unacceptable desires by aggressively acting out the exact opposite. Hypocritical politicians are the poster children for this.
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