Dictionary definition · transference
noun
- (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
- transferring ownership
- 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).