Transference

noun

/ˈtɹansf(ə)ɹ(ə)ns/

Word Frequency: 3.3

Definitions

1.nounThe act of conveying from one place to another; the act of transferring or the fact of being transferred.

2.nounThe process by which emotions and desires, originally associated with one person, such as a parent, are unconsciously shifted to another.

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