transference

[ trans-fur-uhns, trans-fer-uhns ]
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noun
  1. the act or process of transferring.

  2. the fact of being transferred.

  1. Psychoanalysis.

    • the shift of emotions, especially those experienced in childhood, from one person or object to another, especially the transfer of feelings about a parent to an analyst.

Origin of transference

1
From the New Latin word trānsferentia, dating back to 1675–85. See transfer, -ence

Other words from transference

  • non·trans·fer·ence, noun
  • re·trans·fer·ence, noun

Words Nearby transference

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How to use transference in a sentence

  • What’s beautiful and powerful and ethically valuable about translation is this intense attention to the other, and not only attention, but an identification with a sort of transference.

  • It is now becoming more and more common to arrange for the transference of stops from one keyboard to another.

  • The transference of it from ship to shore and from shore to ship is a matter of awful noise and perspiring confusion.

    Jaffery | William J. Locke
  • Without adequate expression there is no art, for there is no infection, no transference to others of the author's feeling.

  • For there was much work to be done, big burdens to be carried in the transference of their effects from camp to camp.

    The Vee-Boers | Mayne Reid
  • This is all the more surprising since we have not the slightest ground for supposing any transference of institutions.

British Dictionary definitions for transference

transference

/ (ˈtrænsfərəns, -frəns) /


noun
  1. the act or an instance of transferring or the state of being transferred

  2. psychoanal the redirection of attitudes and emotions towards a substitute, such as towards the analyst during therapy

Derived forms of transference

  • transferential (ˌtrænsfəˈrɛnʃəl), adjective

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