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transference

Dictionary definition · transference

noun

  1. (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst
  2. transferring ownership
  3. the act of transferring something from one form to another"the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise"

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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).