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Corvatis
Since: Jun, 2011
12th Jul, 2011 03:03:37 AM
It looks a little like Implausible Deniability, but I can't find anything specific for reaction formation under the Truth and Lies index. Sounds like a good YKTTW to me.
Do we have a single trope for any case where someone Doth Protest Too Much (IE they claim one thing so frequently and forcefully it becomes clear that the opposite is true)? I know in psychology it's known as "reaction formation", but I'm not sure if we had a term for it. Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today? and Most Definitely Not a Villain would probably be subtropes. Suspiciously Specific Denial is probably related.
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