transference Hear it!

Jump To: examplesUsage Examples · linkLink/Cite
Also found in: medicalAH Medical Dictionary
transference definition

trans·fer·ence (trans′fər əns, trans fʉr′-)

noun

  1. a transferring or being transferred; transfer
  2. Psychoanalysis a reproduction of emotions relating to repressed experiences, esp. of childhood, and the substitution of another person, esp. a psychoanalyst or other psychotherapist, for the object of the repressed impulses

Related Forms:

  • transferential trans′·fer·en′·tial (trans′fər en′s̸həl) adjective

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Alternate definitions:

medical transference definition - medical

transference Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • merit: W. : But can transference of merit be a way of kusala if that person who knows about our kusala does not appreciate it?

Converse of object

  • involve: The article focuses primarily on her concept of synergy, which involves the transference of knowledge in sibling pairs.

Adjective modifier

  • passive: But in passive transference there is no ' repression ' going on.

Modifies a noun

  • relationship: Pattern matching in perception offers an explanation for the transference relationship.

Noun used with modifier

  • thought: We have examples of thought reading and thought transference, with an accuracy and in a degree hardly deemed possible nowadays.
transference usage examples (more)

The word usage examples above have been gathered from various sources to reflect current and historical usage. They do not represent the opinions of YourDictionary.com.

Link to this page:

Cite this page:

MLA Style

"transference." Webster's New World College Dictionary. 2009

  • Your Dictionary. 5 July 2009
  • <www.yourdictionary.com/transference>

APA Style

transference. (2009). In Webster's New World College Dictionary

  • Retrieved July 5th, 2009, from www.yourdictionary.com/transference

Comments:

Please or Register to post a comment