introjection
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of introjection
First recorded in 1865–70; intro- + (in)jection
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
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