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in·tro·ject     (ĭn'trə-jěkt')  Pronunciation Key 
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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