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The act of transfering something from one form to another
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transference
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"act of transferring," 1680s, from transfer (v.) + -ence . In psychoanalytical sense it is recorded from 1911, translating German übertragung (Freud).
Wikipedia
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Transference is a phenomenon in psychoanalysis. Transference may also refer to: Transference focused psychotherapy , a type of therapy Transference neurosis Transference (album) , an album by the band Spoon
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The act of conveying from one place to another; the act of transferring or the fact of being transferred. 2 (context psychology English) The process by which emotions and desires, originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (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 [syn: transfer ] the ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ By the end of the emancipation process, the authorities lacked the wherewithal to pay for the transference of land. ▪ Classification and measurement are not creations of man, but only the transference of natural fact from one ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Transference \Trans"fer*ence\, n. The act of transferring; conveyance; passage; transfer.
Usage examples of transference.
It was rare, but not unheard of, for an analysand, tossed by tides of transference and desublimation, to seek the safety of Dr.
But the control of the minster was taken out of the hands of the chapter and given to the Corporation, and this transference was only effected by the interference of the troops.
Bleuvilles from France and their subsequent transference, as Blofelds, from Augsburg to Gdynia.
There are no memories of a past life for her, no such transference in the clonal processes, just a kind of presence faint as finger prints, as fractures in the lunar crust.
Some psychoanalytic workers also will be intrigued by the heightened transference and countertransference that occurs in text-based interactions.
Among the many useful techniques which were demonstrated and validated through our case studies, powerful therapeutic relationships were recognized and clarified, replete with transference and countertransference, deep and immediate emotions expressed by the client, and the possibility of long-term engagement even with an ambivalent client.
Unit nonviable for transference of system or organic persona for another 31,500 hours.
Treyas attempted to break the Transference with the oceanid, but his subconscious need for the information was too strong.
After this transference of psychoses the victims would be relieved, and the obsessing spirits could then be reached by the advanced spirits, who would care for them and instruct them regarding the higher laws of life.
All the ballads of fire-raising, a very usual practice, have points in common, and transference was easy.
The renewal of the war in the west had begun some weeks before, but was much accelerated by the transference of De la Rey and his burghers to that side.
From this time written records began to be kept of the legal compromises made before the King's Court to render possible the transference of land.
He himself, though busily engaged on what sounds like very public-spirited research work on allergies and their cause (he has ten English girls here as his patients), has agreed to see me daily in the hope that together we may be able to bridge the gap between the migration of the de Bleuvilles from France and their subsequent transference, as Blofelds, from Augsburg to Gdynia.
Any transference to foreign rule -- for if the British marched out of India the Japanese and other powers would immediately march in -- would mean an immense dislocation.
Some sort of bioelectric conduction transference, she guessed even as her knees went weak and she collapsed to the rubble-strewn floor, coming to rest atop the buried remains of the Ryol's first victims.