screen memory
noun Psychoanalysis.
a childhood memory, perhaps recalled falsely, that screens out a more distressing recollection.
Nearby words
screed, screen, screen actors guild, screen dump, screen grid, screen memory, screen name, screen pass, screen process, screen saver, screen test
Origin of screen memory
First recorded in 1920–25
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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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Medicine definitions for screen memory
screen memory
n.
In psychoanalysis, the memory of an unacceptable but tolerable experience that unconsciously serves the purpose of concealing the memory of an associated experience that is more significant but emotionally more difficult to recall.
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