anaclitism
anaclitism noun: the pattern of deriving adult sexual arousal from objects that one was exposed to as an infant. The fetish value often stems from tactile stimulation similar to that experienced by the infant before it could see well.
Noun
anaclitism (countable and uncountable, plural anaclitisms)
- The pattern of deriving adult sexual arousal from objects that one was exposed to as an infant. The fetish value often stems from tactile stimulation similar to that experienced by the infant before it could see well.
- In Freudian theory, the relation between bodily functions in early childhood and the later development of the sexual instinct. The infant's bodily function of simple hunger, to take a primary example, is at first attached solely to the act of suckling at mother's breast.
Synonyms of anaclitism
Forms of anaclitism
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Origin of anaclitism
See anaclisis.
Questions about anaclitism
- What does anaclitism mean?
- Anaclitism means the pattern of deriving adult sexual arousal from objects that one was exposed to as an infant. The fetish value often stems from tactile stimulation similar to that experienced by the infant before it could see well.
- What part of speech is anaclitism?
- Anaclitism is a noun.
- What is the plural of anaclitism?
- The plural of anaclitism is anaclitisms.
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