Sentences with phrase «than a defense mechanism»

Truthfully, having been a Phillies fan starting in the late 1950s, and having witnessed 1964, and following Philly sports ever since, it's more than a defense mechanism.

This time, the disclaimer seems less a hook than a defense mechanism: Complain that the film resembles dozens...

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So rather than learning from our mistakes, we tend to double down and get further entrenched in our position as a defense mechanism.

Now at a superficial glance all primitive religions are no more than a natural defense mechanism against man's ignorance, fear and insecurity.

Despite its size, the goliath isn't deadly to humans, but its defense mechanisms are more than unpleasant.

To test how rising CO2 might affect their defense mechanism, Weiss exposed stock Daphnias in the lab to levels of CO2 ranging from just above the maximum level seen in global freshwater to about 60 percent more than that maximum, to mimic a worst - case scenario.

But rather than boosting the plant's defense mechanisms, the abscisic acid actually suppresses them, making the pathogen even more potent.

Whole food antioxidants are nature's most powerful free radical defense mechanism, and they are significantly more powerful than antioxidants found in supplements.

Too easy — Although we enjoyed the tower defense mechanisms we found them to be less than important when trying to fend off the opponent's rock.

So when that trader experience a series of losing trades, fear builds up as a defense mechanism rather than confidence.

Water - bearing planets like Earth may carry some natural defense mechanism against global freezing, and this might mean liquid water is more common in the Universe than astrobiologists have traditionally assumed.

This spicebush swallowtail caterpillar looks more like a lost puppy than a menacing snake, but sometimes this type of defense mechanism works to distract and disorient the predator, rather than to actually threaten it.