anaclitic

American

[an-uh-klit-ik] / ˌæn əˈklɪt ɪk /

adjective

Psychoanalysis.

exhibiting or pertaining to anaclisis.

anaclitic British

/ ˌænəˈklɪtɪk, ˌænəˈklaɪsɪs /

adjective

psychoanal of or relating to relationships that are characterized by the strong dependence of one person on others or another

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Other Word Forms

anaclisis noun

Etymology

Origin of anaclitic

1920–25; < Greek anáklit ( os ) for reclining ( anakli- ( anaclisis ) + -tos verbal adjective suffix) + -ic

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The individual's first choice of a sexual object is said to be of the 'anaclitic type' when it follows this path; that is, when he choses as his first sexual object the same person who has satisfied his early non-sexual needs.

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