introjection

American  

[in-truh-jek-shuhn] / ˌɪn trəˈdʒɛk ʃən /

noun

Psychoanalysis.

1. an unconscious psychic process by which a person incorporates the characteristics of another person or object into their own psychic apparatus.

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introjection British  

/ ˌɪntrəˈdʒɛkʃən /

noun

1. psychol the act or process of introjecting

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Other Word Forms

• introjective adjective

Etymology

Origin of introjection

First recorded in 1865–70; intro- + (in)jection

Example Sentences

Research from 2012 suggests that a process called introjection helps people to cope with the death of a celebrity.

From Scientific American

Lacking the titillating mythological wink of the Oedipal complex or the sharp weaponization potential of passive-aggression, introjection never seeped into the popular consciousness.

From Washington Post

Identification with an object that is renounced or lost as a substitute for it, introjection of this object into the ego, is indeed no longer a novelty to us.

From Project Gutenberg

He stumbled across the concept of parental introjection — the absorption of the traits of the adults we’re around first and most frequently.

From Washington Post

The introjection of the object is here unmistakably clear.

From Project Gutenberg