overdetermination
[ oh-ver-di-tur-muh-ney-shuhn ]
nounPsychoanalysis.
the concept that a single emotional symptom or event, as a dream or a slip of the tongue, may be caused by more than one factor.
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The influence of the moon in this moon affectivity is very little known, especially in its psychic overdetermination.
Sleep Walking and Moon Walking | Isidor Isaak Sadger
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