(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.
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(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die
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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.(Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious
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) 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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Not having sensation; senseless; inanimate; unconscious; without intelligence or volition; as, the brute earth; the brute powers of na…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, unconscious, urge.Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, unconscious, urge.(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, unconscious, urge.(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, unconscious, urge.(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, unconscious, urge.(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, unconscious, urge.(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, unconscious, urge.(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, unconscious, urge.(psychiatry) an unconscious process that tries to reduce the anxiety associated with instinctive desires
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, unconscious, urge.a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, unconscious, urge.To urge, impel, or hurry forward; to force; to constrain; to urge, press, or bring to a point or state; as, to drive a person by neces…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, unconscious, urge.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…
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