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seduction theory

seduction theory noun: sigmund Freud's hypothesis, in the mid-1890s, that a repressed memory of an early childhood sexual abuse experience was the essential precondition for hysterical or obsessional symptoms.

Noun

seduction theory (uncountable)

  1. Sigmund Freud's hypothesis, in the mid-1890s, that a repressed memory of an early childhood sexual abuse experience was the essential precondition for hysterical or obsessional symptoms.

Origin of seduction theory

Calque of German Verführungstheorie

Questions about seduction theory

What does seduction theory mean?
Seduction theory means sigmund Freud's hypothesis, in the mid-1890s, that a repressed memory of an early childhood sexual abuse experience was the essential precondition for hysterical or obsessional symptoms.
What part of speech is seduction theory?
Seduction theory is a noun.

Words near seduction theory in the dictionary

  1. seducive
  2. seductee
  3. seductees
  4. seduction
  5. seduction community
  6. seduction theory
  7. seductionist
  8. seductionists
  9. seductions
  10. seductive
  11. seductively

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