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transitional objects

transitional objects is the plural of transitional object.

Meaning of transitional object

Noun

transitional object (plural transitional objects)

  1. An object, such as a security blanket or stuffed toy, used by a young child to self-soothe and cope with separation from a parent or other attachment figure.
    • It would also be many years before I learned about [ Donald Winnicott's ] primary contribution to psychoanalysis, the concept of the "transitional object." Babies often make use of a special possession as they learn that they're separate from their mother. It occupies a "territory between the...2005, Alison Bechdel, Are You My Mother?: A Comic Drama, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published 2012, page 56

Questions about transitional objects

What is transitional objects the plural of?
Transitional objects is the plural of transitional object.

Words near transitional objects in the dictionary

  1. transitional epitheliums
  2. transitional jacket
  3. transitional jackets
  4. transitional justice
  5. transitional object
  6. transitional objects
  7. transitional planet
  8. transitional planets
  9. transitional provision
  10. transitional provisions
  11. transitionalities

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