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