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Defence refers to the reaction of the [[ego]] to certain interior stimuli which the [[ego]] perceives as dangerous.
Although Freud later came to argue that there were different "[[defense mechanisms|mechanisms of defence]]' in addition to [[repression]]<ref>see Freud, 1926d</ref>, he makes it clear that repression is unique in the sense that it is constitutive of the [[unconscious]].
[[Anna Freud]] attempted to classify some of these mechanisms in her book [[The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defence]]</u> (1936).
Lacan is very critical of the way in which Anna Freud and [[ego-psychology]] interpret the concept of defence.
