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trans⋅fer⋅ence

  [trans-fur-uhns, trans-fer-uhns]
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–noun
1. the act or process of transferring.
2. the fact of being transferred.
3. Psychoanalysis.
a. the shift of emotions, esp. those experienced in childhood, from one person or object to another, esp. the transfer of feelings about a parent to an analyst.
b. displacement (def. 7).
Origin:
1675–85; < NL trānsferentia. See transfer, -ence
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trans·fer·ence   (trāns-fûr'əns, trāns'fər-əns)   
n.  

    1. The act or process of transferring.

    2. The fact of being transferred.

  2. In psychoanalysis, the process by which emotions and desires originally associated with one person, such as a parent or sibling, are unconsciously shifted to another person, especially to the analyst.

trans'fer·en'tial (trāns'fə-rěn'shəl) adj.
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Main Entry: trans·fer·ence
Pronunciation: trans-'f&r-&ns, 'trans-"f&r-
Function: noun
: an act, process, or instance of transferring
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Main Entry: trans·fer·ence
Pronunciation: tran(t)s-'f&r-&n(t)s, 'tran(t)s-(")
Function: noun
: the redirection of feelings and desiresand especially of those unconsciously retained from childhood toward a new object (as a psychoanalyst conducting therapy)
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transference trans·fer·ence (trāns-fûr'əns, trāns'fər-əns)
n.
In psychoanalysis, the process by which emotions associated with one person, such as a parent, unconsciously shift to another, especially to the analyst.

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