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 |
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| Broader (hypernym) | displacement |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | countertransference |
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| Domain category | analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis |
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2. | transference (act) transferring ownership |
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| Synonyms | transfer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | dealing, dealings, transaction |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | alienation, conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying, lease-lend, lend-lease, quitclaim, secularisation, secularization |
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3. | transference (act) the act of transfering something from one form to another |
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| Samples | The transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise.
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| Synonyms | transfer |
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| Broader (hypernym) | change of state |
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