English noun: latency period | |||
1. | latency period (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 phase, latency stage | ||
Broader (hypernym) | phase, stage | ||
Part meronym | childhood | ||
Domain category | analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis | ||