anaclisis

[an-uh-klahy-sis]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Psychoanalysis.

the choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures.

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Word History and Origins

< Greek ��á�� a reclining, equivalent to anakli-, variant stem of ��Բ��ī́�Ա𾱲� to lean (something) upon ( ana- ana- + ��ī́�Ա𾱲� to lean) + -sis -sis

anaclinal anaclitic

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