(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
Used in the same subject area: Clinical psychology, Psychology.
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(psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality
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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) 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.
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To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, governing, principle, infant, seeks.the act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of gover…
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Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, governing, principle, infant, seeks.The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a pe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, governing, principle, infant, seeks.the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, governing, principle, infant, seeks.One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, governing, principle, infant, seeks.To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, governing, principle, infant, seeks.a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, governing, principle, infant, seeks.a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, governing, principle, infant, seeks.One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a pecula…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, governing, principle, infant, seeks.any pleading that fails to conform in form or substance to minimum standards of accuracy or sufficiency
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: psychoanalysis, governing, principle, infant, seeks.One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
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