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defusion

American  
[dee-fyoo-zhuhn] / diˈfyu ʒən /

noun

Psychoanalysis.

  1. separation of the life instinct from the death instinct, a process often accompanying maturity.

Etymology

Origin of defusion

First recorded in 1925–30; de- + fusion

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