anaclisis
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάκλισις (anáklisis), intended as a calque of German Anlehnung.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌænəˈklaɪsɪs/
Noun
anaclisis (plural anaclises)
- (psychoanalysis) The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures.
Synonyms
References
- "anaclisis". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- Laplanche, J. and Pontalis, J.-B. (1973). The Language of Psycho-Analysis. W. W. Norton and Company. →ISBN, entry: "Anaclisis; Anaclitic (or Attachment)".
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