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introjection

introjection noun: the process whereby the ideas of another are unconsciously incorporated into one's own psyche.

Noun

introjection (countable and uncountable, plural introjections)

  1. The process whereby the ideas of another are unconsciously incorporated into one's own psyche.
    • Sometimes the attempt was made to reduce the inner to the outer world (Condillac, Mach, Avenarius, materialism); sometimes the outer to the inner world (Descartes, Berkeley, Fichte); sometimes the sphere of the absolute to the others (e.g., by trying to infer causally the essence and existence of...2014, Volker Meja, Nico Stehr, Knowledge and Politics
  2. (broadly, multiplicity slang) The process of forming a headmate who is in some way from another source.

introjection meaning in Tamil

introjection in Tamil

உள்வீச்சு

Forms of introjection

pluralintrojections

Origin of introjection

From intro-, by analogy with projection and interjection.

Questions about introjection

What does introjection mean?
Introjection means the process whereby the ideas of another are unconsciously incorporated into one's own psyche.
What is introjection in Tamil?
Introjection in Tamil is உள்வீச்சு. See Introjection meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is introjection?
Introjection is a noun.
What is the plural of introjection?
The plural of introjection is introjections.

Words near introjection in the dictionary

  1. introitus vaginæ
  2. introituses
  3. introject
  4. introjected
  5. introjecting
  6. introjection
  7. introjections
  8. introjects
  9. intromercial
  10. intromercials
  11. intromission

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