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introjection

[ in-truh-jek-shuhn ]

noun

Psychoanalysis.
  1. an unconscious psychic process by which a person incorporates the characteristics of another person or object into their own psychic apparatus.


introjection

/ ˌɪԳٰəˈɛʃə /

noun

  1. psychol the act or process of introjecting
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԳٰˈ𳦳پ, adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of introjection1

First recorded in 1865–70; intro- + (in)jection
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of introjection1

C20: from intro- + ( pro ) jection
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Research from 2012 suggests that a process called introjection helps people to cope with the death of a celebrity.

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Lacking the titillating mythological wink of the Oedipal complex or the sharp weaponization potential of passive-aggression, introjection never seeped into the popular consciousness.

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The introjection of the object is here unmistakably clear.

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He stumbled across the concept of parental introjection — the absorption of the traits of the adults we’re around first and most frequently.

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This second piece is the one which has been altered by introjection and which contains the lost object.

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