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restitutive fantasies

restitutive fantasies is the plural of restitutive fantasy.

Meaning of restitutive fantasy

Noun

restitutive fantasy (countable and uncountable, plural restitutive fantasies)

  1. An imaginary reality created by someone to avoid what they cannot handle emotionally.
    • In restitutive fantasy, the person imagines some goal object which is not present in the environment: the fantasy thus serves as a replacement for the absent real object. The lonely child imagines his parents when they are away from him.1963, Jesse E. Gordon, Personality and behavior, page 158

Questions about restitutive fantasies

What is restitutive fantasies the plural of?
Restitutive fantasies is the plural of restitutive fantasy.

Words near restitutive fantasies in the dictionary

  1. restitutionism
  2. restitutionist
  3. restitutionists
  4. restitutions
  5. restitutive
  6. restitutive fantasies
  7. restitutive fantasy
  8. restitutively
  9. restitutiveness
  10. restitutor
  11. restitutors

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