castration anxiety
castration anxiety noun: the literal or metaphorical fear of emasculation; associated with the early psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud.
Noun
castration anxiety (countable and uncountable, plural castration anxieties)
- The literal or metaphorical fear of emasculation; associated with the early psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud.
- If we wonder now how easily men are threatened by women, and how the slightest expression of feminine power can generate castration anxieties in even a big man, then perhaps we would do well to think back on the origins of agriculture.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 133
castration anxiety meaning in Tamil
castration anxiety in Tamil
- விரையகற்றப் பதற்றம்
Forms of castration anxiety
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Questions about castration anxiety
- What does castration anxiety mean?
- Castration anxiety means the literal or metaphorical fear of emasculation; associated with the early psychoanalytic theories of Sigmund Freud.
- What is castration anxiety in Tamil?
- Castration anxiety in Tamil is விரையகற்றப் பதற்றம். See Castration anxiety meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is castration anxiety?
- Castration anxiety is a noun.
- What is the plural of castration anxiety?
- The plural of castration anxiety is castration anxieties.
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