transference in English dictionary

  • transference

    Meanings and definitions of "transference"

    • 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.
    • noun
      The act of conveying from one place to another; the act of transferring or the fact of being transferred.
    • noun
      (psychology)
      The process by which emotions and desires, originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another.
    • the act of conveying or transfering
    • 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
    • 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"
    • noun
      transferring ownership

    Synonyms of "transference" in English dictionary

    transfer, transaction, displacement are the top synonyms of "transference" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of transference

    • transference ( countable and uncountable;  plural  transferences)
    • transference (countable and uncountable, plural transferences)
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