INTROJECT Definition & Meaning

introject

[ in-truh-jekt ]

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verb (used with or without object)

Psychoanalysis.

to incorporate by introjection.

introject

/ ˌɪ�Գٰ�əˈ��ɛ�� /

verb

intr (esp of a child) to incorporate ideas of others, or (in fantasy) of objects
to turn (feelings for another) towards oneself

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of introject¹

First recorded in 1925; back formation from introjection

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But for every such benefit there has been, I am sure, a corresponding loss, as there must be in a class of persons who so widely, and often unreflectively, introject the voices of others, and psychically identify with those wiser than themselves.

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