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anaclitic definition

ana·clitic (an′ə klit′ik)

adjective

Psychoanalysis having the libido dependent upon another instinct

Etymology: < Gr anaklitos, for reclining < anaklinein, to lean upon < ana-, on + klinein, to lean

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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