secondary process
nounPsychoanalysis.
the conscious mental activity and logical thinking controlled by the ego and influenced by environmental demands.
- Compare primary process.
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We have explained many secondary processes, but the primary ones are still unsolved.
The Story of the Living Machine | H. W. ConnIs the difference between what we have called the secondary processes and the primary ones only one of degree?
The Story of the Living Machine | H. W. ConnTerrestrial axial energy is thus diverted into terrestrial secondary processes.
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