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screen memory
noun
, Psychoanalysis.
- a childhood memory, perhaps recalled falsely, that screens out a more distressing recollection.
screen memory
noun
- psychoanal a memory that is tolerable but allied to a distressing event and which is unconsciously used to hide the distressing memory
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Word History and Origins
Origin of screen memory1
First recorded in 1920–25
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