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an⋅a⋅cli⋅sis

  [an-uh-klahy-sis]
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–noun Psychoanalysis.
the choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures.
Origin:
< Gk anáklisis a reclining, equiv. to anakli-, var. s. of anaklnein to lean (something) upon (ana- ana- + klnein to lean) + -sis -sis
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an·a·cli·sis   (ān'ə-klī'sĭs, ə-nāk'lĭ-)   
n.  Psychological dependence on others.

[Greek anaklisis, a leaning back, from anaklīnein, to lean on : ana-, on-; see ana- + klīnein, to lean; see klei- in Indo-European roots.]
an'a·clit'ic (-klĭt'ĭk) adj.
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anaclisis an·a·cli·sis (ān'ə-klī'sĭs, ə-nāk'lĭ-)
n.
Psychological dependence on others.

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