English noun: latency phase | |||
1. | latency phase (time) (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities | ||
Synonyms | latency period, latency stage | ||
Broader (hypernym) | phase, stage | ||
Part meronym | childhood | ||
Domain category | analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis | ||