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noun Psychoanalysis.
a childhood memory, perhaps recalled falsely, that screens out a more distressing recollection.
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Origin of screen memory
First recorded in 1920â25
Words nearby screen memory
screenie, screening, screenings, screening test, screenland, screen memory, screen name, screeno, screen pass, screenplay, screen-print
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British Dictionary definitions for screen memory
screen memory
noun
psychoanal a memory that is tolerable but allied to a distressing event and which is unconsciously used to hide the distressing memory
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