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primal scenes

primal scenes is the plural of primal scene.

Meaning of primal scene

Noun

primal scene (plural primal scenes)

  1. In Freudian theory, the first time a child witnesses (and understands) his or her parents copulating.
    • The primal scene is the site at which the issues of ego differentiation become translated into the issues of the oedipus complex.1983, William J. Kerrigan, The Sacred Complex: On the Psychogenesis of Paradise Lost, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 164

Questions about primal scenes

What is primal scenes the plural of?
Primal scenes is the plural of primal scene.

Words near primal scenes in the dictionary

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  7. primal scream
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  9. primal therapies
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