(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.
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(Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious
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(psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by…
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by…
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in p…
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an…
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) the mature personality which is not dominated by infantile pleasure drives
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual…
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual…
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's vo…
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.(psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego
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Reflexively: To give (one's self) up without attempt at self-control; to yield (one's self) unrestrainedly; -- often in a bad sense.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jungian, psychology, inner, self, external.In the early church, one who devoted himself to a solitary and contemplative life, characterized by devotion, extreme self-denial, and…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jungian, psychology, inner, self, external.To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belong…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jungian, psychology, inner, self, external.The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as l…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jungian, psychology, inner, self, external.(psychology) a theory of psychology that emphasizes the importance of configurational properties
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jungian, psychology, inner, self, external.The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jungian, psychology, inner, self, external.(Psychology) a school of thought postulating that the personality of an individual is dependent on the type of their physique (somatot…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jungian, psychology, inner, self, external.The state of being beside one's self or rapt out of one's self; a state in which the mind is elevated above the reach of ordinary impr…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jungian, psychology, inner, self, external.The practice of too frequently using the word I; hence, a speaking or writing overmuch of one's self; self-exaltation; self-praise; th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jungian, psychology, inner, self, external.an art movement early in the 20th century; the artist's subjective expression of inner experiences was emphasized; an inner feeling wa…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jungian, psychology, inner, self, external.(psychology) an extroverted disposition; concern with what is outside the self
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: jungian, psychology, inner, self, external.(psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
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