Seduction theory

Noun

Definitions

1.NounSigmund Freud's hypothesis, in the mid-1890s, that a repressed memory of an early childhood sexual abuse experience was the essential precondition for hysterical or obsessional symptoms.

Synonyms

freudianism osphresiolagnia inversion sex economy psychotheory freud psychosexuality scopophilia psychoanalysis metapsychology pansexualism psychosexual development

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