You are really angry with your boss and would really like to punch him in the nose. But you realize that this may have consequences, so you go home and paint a picture of him falling off a building. According to Freud, this reflects the defence mechanism of

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Sublimation is a defense mechanism proposed by Freud in which socially unacceptable impulses or idealizations are unconsciously transformed into socially acceptable actions or behavior, possibly resulting in a long-term conversion of the initial impulse. In this scenario, the aggressive impulse towards the boss is transformed into a creative act (painting), which is a socially acceptable way to deal with feelings of anger.

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