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The student who says, 'everyone else cheats so i have to cheat, too,' is using which defense mechanism?

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the answer to this question is Rationalization
Rationalization refers to the act to justify their wrong doing by trying to find a logical explanation on why they're doing that.
By doing this, they helped themselves to make them feel that their wrong doing is tolerable and not their fault.
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