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anaclisis

[ an-uh-klahy-sis ]

noun

Psychoanalysis.
  1. 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

Origin of anaclisis1

< 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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