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introjection
[ in-truh-jek-shuhn ]
noun
, Psychoanalysis.
- an unconscious psychic process by which a person incorporates the characteristics of another person or object into their own psychic apparatus.
introjection
/ ˌɪntrəˈdʒɛkʃən /
noun
- psychol the act or process of introjecting
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Derived Forms
- ˌintroˈjective, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of introjection1
First recorded in 1865–70; intro- + (in)jection
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Word History and Origins
Origin of introjection1
C20: from intro- + ( pro ) jection
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Example Sentences
This second piece is the one which has been altered by introjection and which contains the lost object.
From Project Gutenberg
In the case of introjection, he falls into a ludicrous self-deification or moral self-laceration.
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