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primary process

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noun

Psychoanalysis.
  1. the generally unorganized mental activity characteristic of the unconscious and occurring in dreams, fantasies, and related processes.


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A team of international researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry has now determined the primary process driving these large-scale blooms.

From Science Daily Nov. 19, 2025

But that doesn’t excuse journalists from demanding more transparency of a candidate who sidestepped the entire primary process.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2024

This year’s primary process is “extremely disorganized compared to past primaries,” according to Ari Berman, who is something of a voting expert.

From Slate Jan. 12, 2024

The shooting comes days before the Iowa caucuses begin on 15 January, kicking off the 2024 Republican primary process.

From BBC Jan. 5, 2024

But, in reality, all this business of formulation and enforcement is a secondary process, not a primary process at all.

From A Critical Examination of Socialism by Mallock, W. H. (William Hurrell)

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