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anaclisis

[an-uh-klahy-sis]

noun Psychoanalysis.

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

Origin of anaclisis

< Greek anáklisis a reclining, equivalent to anakli-, variant stem of anaklī́nein to lean (something) upon (ana- ana- + klī́nein to lean) + -sis -sis
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anaclisis in Medicine

anaclisis

[ăn′ə-klī′sĭs, ə-năk′lĭ-]

n.

Psychological dependence on others.
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