心ㄒㄧㄣxīn理ㄌㄧˇlǐ作ㄗㄨㄛˋzuò用ㄩㄥˋyòng

  1. 因內在的成見或疑慮，在心中將事實扭曲改變，藉以保護自己，減低焦慮的心理現象。

英psychological effect, subjective experience affected more by one's expectations than by objective reality, figment of the imagination