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 • Sep. 15, 2022

This second piece is the one which has been altered by introjection and which contains the lost object.

From Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Freud, Sigmund

The introjection of the object is here unmistakably clear.

From Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Freud, Sigmund

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 Group Psychology and The Analysis of The Ego by Freud, Sigmund