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English noun: transference

1. transference (cognition) (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


Broader (hypernym)displacement


Narrower (hyponym)countertransference


Domain categoryanalysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis

2. transference (act) transferring ownership


Synonymstransfer


Broader (hypernym)dealing, dealings, transaction


Narrower (hyponym)alienation, conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying, lease-lend, lend-lease, quitclaim, secularisation, secularization

3. transference (act) the act of transfering something from one form to another


SamplesThe transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise.


Synonymstransfer


Broader (hypernym)change of state









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