introject

American

[in-truh-jekt] / ˌɪn trəˈdʒɛkt /

verb (used with or without object)

Psychoanalysis.

to incorporate by introjection.

introject British

/ ˌɪntrəˈdʒɛkt /

verb

(intr) (esp of a child) to incorporate ideas of others, or (in fantasy) of objects
to turn (feelings for another) towards oneself

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of introject

First recorded in 1925; back formation from introjection

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023