It is also called alien life, or, if it is a sentient and/or relatively complex individual, an extraterrestrial or alien (or, to avoid confusion with the legal sense of alien , a  space alien ).lthough many scientists expect extraterrestrial life to exist, so far no unambiguous evidence for its existence exists. The science of extraterrestrial life is known as exobiology. The science of astrobiology also considers life on Earth as well, and in the broader astronomical context.
repression - (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious. psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology-the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders.
Primitive Defense Mechanisms. 1. Denial. Denial is the refusal to accept reality or fact, acting as if a painful event, thought or feeling did not exist. It is considered one of the most primitive of the defense mechanisms because it is characteristic of early childhood development.