transference

trans·fer·ence  (trns-fûrns, trnsfr-ns)

n.

1.

a. The act or process of transferring.

b. The fact of being transferred.

2. In psychoanalysis, the process by which emotions and desires originally associated with one person, such as a parent or sibling, are unconsciously shifted to another person, especially to the analyst.

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transfer·ential (trnsf-rnshl) adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	transference - (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst 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" countertransference - the psychoanalyst's displacement of emotion onto the patient or more generally the psychoanalyst's emotional involvement in the therapeutic interaction displacement - (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that transfers affect or reaction from the original object to some more acceptable one
	2.	transference - transferring ownership               transfer transaction, dealing, dealings - the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities); "no transactions are possible without him"; "he has always been honest is his dealings with me" alienation - (law) the voluntary and absolute transfer of title and possession of real property from one person to another; "the power of alienation is an essential ingredient of ownership" conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying, conveyance - act of transferring property title from one person to another quitclaim - act of transferring a title or right or claim to another lease-lend, lend-lease - the transfer of goods and services to an ally to aid in a common cause; "lend-lease during World War II was extremely generous" secularisation, secularization - transfer of property from ecclesiastical to civil possession
	3.	transference - the act of transfering something from one form to another; "the transfer of the music from record to tape suppressed much of the background noise" transfer change of state - the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics