Dictionary Check: transference
"transference" is a valid word!
Scrabble
17
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Words with Friends
20
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Definition
noun
(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
noun
transferring ownership
noun
the act of transferring something from one form to another
Example:
"the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise"
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