Definition of DEFUSION

defusion

Plural: defusions

Noun

  • The act of defusing.
  • 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.
  • Misspelling of diffusion.

Origin / Etymology

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

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