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screen memory

noun

, Psychoanalysis.
  1. a childhood memory, perhaps recalled falsely, that screens out a more distressing recollection.


screen memory

noun

  1. psychoanal a memory that is tolerable but allied to a distressing event and which is unconsciously used to hide the distressing memory
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of screen memory1

First recorded in 1920–25

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