coping mechanism

English

Noun

coping mechanism (plural coping mechanisms)

1. Synonym of coping strategy.
   • 1996, Cherie Carter-Scott, Negaholics: How to Overcome Negativity and Turn Your Life Around, page 75:

     To avoid such feelings by using mood alterators is a normal coping mechanism for our times.

   • 2009 March 29, Mack McDonald, “A Little Rugby With Your Cross-Dressing?”, in The New York Times:

     The Sevens has long been an annual coping mechanism for the BlackBerried and Burberried expatriate set, the well-heeled bankers, brokers, lawyers and property developers across the Asia-Pacific region.

   • 2023 December 6, Sam Lansky, “Person of Year 2023 : Taylor Swift”, in Time‎^[1]:

     She began rerecording subtly different versions of her old albums, tagging them “(Taylor’s Version)” and adding unreleased tracks to redirect listenership to them. She frames the strategy as a coping mechanism. “It’s all in how you deal with loss,” she says. “I respond to extreme pain with defiance.”