transference

transference
transference 1680s; see TRANSFER (Cf. transfer) (v.) + -ENCE (Cf. -ence). In psychoanalytical sense it is recorded from 1911, translating Ger. übertragung (Freud).

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  • transference — [trans′fər əns, trans fʉr′əns] n. 1. a transferring or being transferred; transfer 2. Psychol.Psychoanalysis a reproduction of emotions relating to repressed experiences, esp. of childhood, and the substitution of another person, esp. a… …   English World dictionary

  • Transference —    Among the earliest concepts in psychoanalysis, transference surfaced before psychoanalysis as a system had even jelled in Freud’s mind. In 1895 in Studies in Hysteria (Studien über Hysterie), Freud said that patients who transfer their… …   Historical dictionary of Psychiatry

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  • transference — [[t]træ̱nsfərəns[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N of n The transference of something such as power, information, or affection from one person or place to another is the action of transferring it. It is a struggle for a transference of power... His… …   English dictionary

  • transference — Synonyms and related words: abalienation, alienation, amortization, amortizement, announcement, assignation, assignment, association, association by contiguity, association of ideas, bargain and sale, barter, bequeathal, cession, clang… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • transference — trans|fer|ence [ˈtrænsfərəns US trænsˈfə:r ] n [U] 1.) formal the process of moving someone or something from one place, position, job etc to another transference of ▪ the transference of skills acquired at school to the workplace 2.) technical… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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