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castration anxiety

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Noun1.castration anxiety - (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women
depth psychology, psychoanalysis, analysis - a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"
anxiety, anxiousness - (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic


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Boyarin offers an all-embracing explanation for Freud's controversial switch from the seduction theory to the theory of instinctual infantile sexuality as well as his development of the "phallic" ideas of oedipal conflict, castration anxiety, and penis envy.
Unheroic Conduct: The Rise of Heterosexuality and the Invention of ... by Decker, Hannah S. / Journal of Social History
some portion of her arrogance is, in turn, a consequence of her own compensatory anxiety that she lacks the phallus, then the androgyne is the sight/site of the mutual interplay between narcissism and castration anxiety for both male and female" (172).
Translations of Power: Narcissism and the Unconscious in Epic History by Wofford, Susanne L. / Renaissance Quarterly
On closer inspection, however, its status is uncertain: the coiled noodle emerges from an orifice that approximates the location of a vagina, and it culminates not in a proper head but an abrupt cut--raising the question as to whether having a 50-foot penis would mitigate or amplify castration anxiety.
Deviations on a theme by Rugoff, Ralph / Artforum International
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