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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


Synonymslatency phase, latency stage


Broader (hypernym)phase, stage


Part meronymchildhood


Domain categoryanalysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis









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