TRANSFERENCE

transfer, transference

(noun) the act of transfering something from one form to another; “the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise”

transfer, transference

(noun) transferring ownership

transference

(noun) (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

transference (countable and uncountable, plural transferences)

The act of conveying from one place to another; the act of transferring or the fact of being transferred.

(psychology) The process by which emotions and desires, originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another.

Source: Wiktionary


Trans"fer*ence, n.

Definition: The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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