Modifiers matching defense:

• psychological,
• active,
• protective,
• negative,
• physical,
• internal,
• important,
• maladaptive,
• fixed,
• immature,
• primitive,
• static,
• unconscious,
• expensive,
• advanced,
• level,
• legal,
• individual,
• coastal,
• good,
• new,

Simple categories matching maladaptive:

• mechanism,
• defense,
• process,
• behavior,
• behaviour,
• trait,
• practice,