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screen memory

 
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–noun Psychoanalysis.
a childhood memory, perhaps recalled falsely, that screens out a more distressing recollection.
Origin:
1920–25
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screen memory  
n.  A memory of something that is unconsciously used to repress recollection of an associated but distressing event.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: screen memory
Function: noun
: a recollection of early childhood that may be falsely recalled or magnified in importance and that masks another memory of deepemotional significance
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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screen memory n.
In psychoanalysis, the memory of an unacceptable but tolerable experience that unconsciously serves the purpose of concealing the memory of an associated experience that is more significant but emotionally more difficult to recall.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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