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in⋅tro⋅ject

  [in-truh-jekt]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object) Psychoanalysis.
to incorporate by introjection.
Origin:
1925; back formation from introjection
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in·tro·ject   (ĭn'trə-jěkt')   
tr.v.  To incorporate (characteristics of a person or object) into one's own psyche unconsciously.

[Back-formation from introjection, from German Introjektion : Latin intrō-, intro- + Latin -iectiō, -iectiōn-, throwing (from iactus, past participle of iacere, to throw; see inject).]
in'tro·jec'tion n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·tro·ject
Pronunciation: "in-tr&-'jekt
Function: transitive verb
1 : to incorporate (attitudes or ideas) into one'spersonality unconsciously
2 : to turn toward oneself (the love felt for another) or against oneself (the hostility felt toward another) —in·tro·jec·tion /-'jek-sh&n/ noun —in·tro·jec·tive /-'jek-tiv/ adjective
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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